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Abdomen

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.

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Cavity 76% connected

Hollowness.

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Abdominal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

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Abdominal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

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Ab 70% connected

The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.

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Abdominal 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

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Bowel 70% connected

One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.

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Gut 70% connected

A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

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Hypochondrium 70% connected

Either of the hypochondriac regions.

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Intestine 70% connected

Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.

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Navel 70% connected

A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.

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Omphalos 70% connected

The navel.

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Umbilicus 70% connected

The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.

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Belly 70% connected

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

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Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Stomach 70% connected

An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion tak…

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Torso 70% connected

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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Trunk 70% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Venter 70% connected

One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.

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Belly 92% connected

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

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Stomach 92% connected

An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion tak…

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Venter 92% connected

One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.

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