Abdomen
['æbdəmən;æb'dəʊmən] or ['æbdəmən]
Definition
(noun.) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
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Definition
(n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
(n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Belly, paunch.
Checker: Tina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Belly, paunch
Typist: Molly
Definition
n. the belly: the lower part of the trunk.—adj. Abdom′inal.—adv. Abdom′inally.—adj. Abdom′inous pot-bellied.
Checker: Quincy
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see your abdomen in a dream, foretells that you will have great expectations, but you must curb hardheadedness and redouble your energies on your labor, as pleasure is approaching to your hurt. To see your abdomen shriveled, foretells that you will be persecuted and defied by false friends. To see it swollen, you will have tribulations, but you will overcome them and enjoy the fruits of your labor. To see blood oozing from the abdomen, foretells an accident or tragedy in your family. The abdomen of children in an unhealthy state, portends that contagion will pursue you. See Belly.
Typist: Vern
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The temple of the god Stomach in whose worship with sacrificial rights all true men engage. From women this ancient faith commands but a stammering assent. They sometimes minister at the altar in a half-hearted and ineffective way but true reverence for the one deity that men really adore they know not. If woman had a free hand in the world's marketing the race would become graminivorous.
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Examples
- Emaciated arms and legs attached to a torso which seemed to be mostly distorted abdomen completed the holy vision of her radiant beauty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- One was a woman sitting naked in a strange posture, and looking tortured, her abdomen stuck out. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Rhonda