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abdomen
abdomen is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
- 3noun
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- 4noun
the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
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