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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


The 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

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.