n.
A place for hiding or preserving articles of value.
n.
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.
n.
The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
a.
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
a.
Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
n.
A fish of the group Abdominales.
n. pl.
A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.
n. pl.
A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.
n.
Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.
a.
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
a.
Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Abduce
v. t.
To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Abduct
v. t.
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
v. t.
To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.