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English word abdomen comes from Latin do (I give.. I offer, render.. I yield, surrender, concede.), Latin ab, Latin dere

do (Latin)

I give.. I offer, render.. I yield, surrender, concede.

ab (Latin)

(source of action or event) by, of. (time) after, since. At, on, in. From, away from, out of.

dere (Latin)

abdo (Latin)

abdomen (Latin)

(anatomy) belly, abdomen. (by extension of meaning) gluttony.

abdomen (Middle French)

abdomen (English)

(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions. [First attested in the early 17th century.]. (anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and [...]

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