Abdomen Definition

ăbdə-mən
noun
The part of the body that lies between the thorax and the pelvis and encloses the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, and pancreas.
American Heritage
In vertebrates.
Webster's New World
In arthropods, the posterior body segment containing the reproductive organs, etc.
Webster's New World
The part of the body that lies between the thorax and the pelvis and encloses the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, and pancreas in humans and other mammals.
American Heritage Medicine
The corresponding region in vertebrates other than mammals.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Abdomen

Noun

Singular:
abdomen
Plural:
abdomens, abdomina

Origin of Abdomen

  • First attested in 1541. Borrowing from Middle French abdomen, borrowing from Latin abdomen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + dere (“to put, place”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin abdōmen belly dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Abdomen Sentence Examples

  • The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly still represents the larva.

  • From the right side of his abdomen, blood was welling out making a large stain on the grass.

  • He was taller than average, over six and a half feet, built like a rock with wide shoulders and tapered abdomen and hips beneath a jumpsuit similar to those worn by the prisoners.

  • In most respects, the shortened abdomen, for example, they are more specialized than the Thysanura, and most of the features in which they appear to be simple, such as the absence of a tracheal system and of compound eyes, can be explained as the result of degradation.

  • Verhoeff (1894-1896) - in a beetle's abdomen, but the tenth sternite is usually absent.

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