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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midriff \Mid"riff\, n. [AS. midhrif midd mid, middle + hrif
bowels, womb; akin to OFries midref midriff, rif, ref,
belly, OHG. href body, and to L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.]
(Anat.)
See {Diaphragm}, n., 2.
Smote him into the midriff with a stone. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
midriff
n 1: the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) [syn:
{middle}, {midsection}]
2: (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and
thoracic cavities; functions in respiration [syn: {diaphragm}]
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