abdomen

4 definitions found

abdomen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Post-abdomen \Post`-ab*do"men\, n. [Pref. post- + abdomen.]
     (Zool.)
     That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more
     commonly called abdomen.
     [1913 Webster]

  Abdomen \Ab*do"men\, n. [L. abdomen (a word of uncertain
     etymol.): cf. F. abdomen.]
     1. (Anat.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) The posterior section of the body, behind the
        thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
        [1913 Webster]

abdomen - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  abdomen
      n 1: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax
           and the pelvis [syn: abdomen, venter, stomach,
           belly]
      2: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is
         separated from the thorax by the diaphragm [syn: abdominal   cavity
         , abdomen]

abdomen - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "abdomen":
     abomasum, anus, appendix, bay window, beerbelly, belly, blind gut,
     bowels, brain, breadbasket, cecum, colon, corporation, craw, crop,
     diaphragm, duodenum, embonpoint, endocardium, entrails,
     first stomach, foregut, giblets, gizzard, gullet, gut, guts, heart,
     hindgut, honeycomb stomach, innards, inner mechanism, insides,
     internals, intestine, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kishkes,
     large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, manyplies, maw,
     middle, midgut, midriff, midsection, omasum, paunch, perineum, pod,
     pot, potbelly, potgut, psalterium, pump, pusgut, pylorus, rectum,
     rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach, small intestine,
     spare tire, spleen, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, ticker,
     tripes, tum-tum, tummy, underbelly, venter, ventripotence,
     vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, works