abdomen
part of speech
noun (an abdomen, abdomens)
meaning for a pupil
1) Your abdomen is the front part of your body between your chest and your hips; it is the scientific word for your tummy or belly. It holds your stomach, intestines, liver and other organs. tree →
2) In insects and spiders, the abdomen is the back section of the body. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons on the human body, the abdomen holds the digestive organs. Insects have three body parts: head, thorax and abdomen. In health and first aid, «abdominal pain» is a tummy ache, and in PE «abdominal muscles» (abs) are tummy muscles. Phrases: «pain in the abdomen», «abdominal muscles», «head, thorax and abdomen».
examples
- The doctor pressed gently on my abdomen. tree →
- Your stomach is inside your abdomen. tree →
- An insect's body has a head, a thorax and an abdomen. tree →
- The bee's sting is at the end of its abdomen. tree →
- Sit-ups make the muscles of your abdomen stronger. tree →
- A sudden sharp pain in the abdomen needs a doctor. tree →
- The spider has a big round abdomen. tree →
- Label the abdomen on the diagram of the ant. tree →
note
Countable: an abdomen («an» because it starts with a vowel sound). Adjective: abdominal. Say «AB-duh-men». Everyday words: tummy, belly, stomach — though the stomach is really just one organ inside the abdomen.
In the corpora
- Spiders make silk in glands in the abdomen and pull it out through spinnerets at the back end, not from wrists or legs.
- Insects have six legs and three body parts: head, thorax and abdomen.
- They make silk in special organs at the end of the abdomen, called spinnerets.
- An insect's body has a head, a thorax and an abdomen.
Trees and pragmatics
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