abdomen
pronunciation
How to pronounce abdomen in British English:
UK [ˈæbdəmən]
How to pronounce abdomen in American English:
US [ˈæbdəmən]
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- Noun:
- the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
Word Origin
- abdomen (n.)
- 1540s, "belly fat," from Latin abdomen "belly," which is of unknown origin, perhaps from abdere "conceal," with a sense of "concealment of the viscera," or else "what is concealed" by proper dress. De Vaan, however, finds this derivation "unfounded." Purely anatomical sense is from 1610s. Zoological sense of "posterior division of the bodies of arthropods" first recorded 1788.
Example
- 1. Pelvic pain refers to pain in the abdomen below the belly button .
- 2. The 10 volunteers had a small glucose monitor embedded under the skin in their abdomen .
- 3. Damselflies have large and external gills which resemble three fins at the end of the abdomen .
- 4. Now , relax your finger tips on your abdomen and take a slow and quiet breath in .
- 5. This dragonfly suddenly curled its abdomen while I was watching it through the lens , giving it a unique appearance .