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# abdomen

«abdomen» in Mova's school dictionary: **the front part of your body between your chest and your…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#m1)

2) In insects and spiders, the abdomen is the back section of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#x1)
- Your stomach is inside your abdomen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#x2)
- An insect's body has a head, a thorax and an abdomen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#x3)
- The bee's sting is at the end of its abdomen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#x4)
- Sit-ups make the muscles of your abdomen stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#x5)
- A sudden sharp pain in the abdomen needs a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#x6)
- The spider has a big round abdomen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#x7)
- Label the abdomen on the diagram of the ant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs/4/)
- [Insects have six legs and three body parts: head, thorax and abdomen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/24-animal-groups/13/)
- [They make silk in special organs at the end of the abdomen, called spinnerets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/72-insects-and-spiders/4/)
- [An insect's body has a head, a thorax and an abdomen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/72-insects-and-spiders/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abdomen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abdomen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.