abdomen

1. 1.

   the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

   Synonymsventerstomachbelly

   Broaderbody part

   Narrowerunderbelly

   Part oftorso

   Partsabdominal aortacolic arteryhypochondriumintestinenavelabdominal
2. 2.

   the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm

   Synonymsabdominal cavity

   Broadercavity

Other forms of abdomen

plural

abdomens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abdomen

What does abdomen mean?

abdomen means "the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abdomen?

abdomen has 3 syllables: ab-do-men. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /æbˈdoʊmən/.

What is another word for abdomen?

Close synonyms include venter, stomach, belly, abdominal cavity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abdomen a common word?

abdomen is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.