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abdomen |
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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