Definitions for abdomen

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abdomen ab·do·men

Spelling: [ab-duh-muh n, ab-doh-]

IPA: /ˈæb də mən, æbˈdoʊ-/

Abdomen is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 245 anagrams from letters in abdomen (abdemno).

Definitions for abdomen

noun

1. Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the body of a mammal between the thorax and the pelvis; belly. the cavity of this part of the body containing the stomach, intestines, etc. (in nonmammalian vertebrates) a region of the body corresponding to, but not coincident with, this part or cavity.
2. Entomology. the posterior section of the body of an arthropod, behind the thorax or the cephalothorax.

Origin of abdomen

1535-45; (Middle French) Latin abdōmen belly

Examples for abdomen

But even I have my share of patients with chronic pain of some kind, be it in the abdomen or head or back.

The sick sister was healed after relics from John XXIII were placed on the fistula on her abdomen.

Then he held the prisoner at arm's length while something clicked in his abdomen.

A WWII re-enactor is brought into the hospital when a homemade bazooka backfires and leaves an unexploded grenade in his abdomen.

Two bullets lodged in his abdomen and he was taken to the hospital for surgery.

He finished reading the paper in the warm, clear light of his abdomen.

But the most dangerous hurts were those in the abdomen, chest, and head.

The tight fit also restricts your abdomen, reducing your food intake during the day.

He received a bullet in the chest and another in the abdomen.

My abdomen is swollen, and I have had flowing spells for three years.