| abdomen | | |
| n. (body) | 1. abdomen, belly, stomach, venter | the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ abdominal aorta | a branch of the descending aorta. |
| ~ arteria colica, colic artery | arteries that supply blood to the colon. |
| ~ hypochondrium | the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium. |
| ~ bowel, gut, intestine | the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. |
| ~ torso, trunk, body | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| ~ belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached.; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" |
| ~ abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab | the muscles of the abdomen. |
| ~ underbody, underbelly | the soft belly or underside of an animal's body. |
| ~ abdominal cavity, abdomen | the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm. |
| ~ abdominal wall | a wall of the abdomen. |
| n. (body) | 2. abdomen, abdominal cavity | the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm. |
| ~ bodily cavity, cavum, cavity | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. |
| ~ abdomen, belly, stomach, venter | the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. |
| belly | | |
| n. (body) | 1. belly, paunch | a protruding abdomen. |
| ~ adipose tissue, fatty tissue, fat | a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs.; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" |
| ~ torso, trunk, body | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| ~ bay window, potbelly, tummy, corporation, pot | slang for a paunch. |
| n. (shape) | 2. belly | a part that bulges deeply.; "the belly of a sail" |
| ~ bulge, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, bump, swelling, prominence | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" |
| n. (location) | 3. belly | the hollow inside of something.; "in the belly of the ship" |
| ~ inside, interior | the inner or enclosed surface of something. |
| n. (animal) | 4. belly | the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish. |
| ~ craniate, vertebrate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium. |
| ~ underpart | a part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body.; "the warbler has a white throat and underparts"; "a woodland mouse with white underparts" |
| v. (change) | 5. belly, belly out | swell out or bulge out. |
| ~ swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefy, swell | expand abnormally.; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
| tummy | | |
| n. (body) | 1. bay window, corporation, pot, potbelly, tummy | slang for a paunch. |
| ~ paunch, belly | a protruding abdomen. |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| n. (body) | 2. breadbasket, stomach, tum, tummy | an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion. |
| ~ craw, crop | a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food. |
| ~ first stomach, rumen | the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing. |
| ~ second stomach, reticulum | the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant. |
| ~ omasum, psalterium, third stomach | the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant. |
| ~ abomasum, fourth stomach | the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place. |
| ~ internal organ, viscus | a main organ that is situated inside the body. |
| ~ arteria gastrica, gastric artery | the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach. |
| ~ gastric vein, vena gastrica | one of several veins draining the stomach walls. |
| ~ gastroepiploic vein, gastroomental vein, vena gastroomentalis | one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach. |
| ~ epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach | a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus). |
| ~ alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, gi tract | tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination. |
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