noun
Meaning 1
The fat surrounding the belly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The fat surrounding the belly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: belly, tummy, stomach, abdomen, midriff, tum, tum-tum, ventrum
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noun
The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: venter, stomach, belly
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Broader terms: body part
Narrower terms: underbelly, underbody
noun
the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: abdominal cavity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
History
First attested in 1541 as labdomen. Borrowed from Middle French abdomen as well as from its etymon Latin abdōmen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + -dō (“put, place”).
Across languages
236 source translations are retained for this English entry.