4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Post-abdomen \Post`-ab*do"men\, n. [Pref. post- + abdomen.]
(Zo["o]l.)
That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more
commonly called {abdomen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The posterior section of the body, behind the
thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abdomen
n : the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax
and the pelvis [syn: {venter}, {stomach}, {belly}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ABDOMEN, 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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