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abdomen
/ˈæbdəmən/
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AB-duh-mun: stress AB.
Another pronunciation stresses DOH in the middle. Both use three syllables.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The diagram labels the abdomen.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does abdomen mean?
noun
- The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
- The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
- The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
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noun
- (obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæbdəmən/
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In Anax junius the basal part of the abdomen in the male is a vivid ultramarine blue, and in the female grass-green.
The Bee now brushes the lower side of her abdomen with her two hind-legs and rids herself of her load of pollen.
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I scarcely touched the abdomen, for I knew I dare not press, in percussing, enough to distinguish any sound except the tympanitic.
At the onset of labor, dragging pains are usually felt at the back, but sometimes in the lower part of the abdomen.
Brodie speaks of a case in which fetal remains were taken from the abdomen of a girl of two and one-half years.