Definition of
Abdomen
- (noun, body) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- (noun, body) the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
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Synonyms of Abdomen
Alternate forms of Abdomen
Derivations: abdominal
Hyponyms: underbelly, underbody
Hypernyms: bodily cavity, body part, cavity, cavum
Origin of the word Abdomen
- 1540s, "belly fat," from L. abdomen (gen. abdominis) "belly," originally "lower belly," perhaps from abdere "conceal," with a sense of "concealment of the viscera," or else "what is concealed" by proper dress. Purely anatomical sense is from 1610s. Biological sense of "posterior division of the bodies of arthropods" first recorded 1788. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper