as in stomach
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis showed us a tiny tattoo on her abdomen, right next to her belly button

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Recent Examples of abdomen When Ford was 2 years old, he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma and had a tumor the size of a tennis ball in his abdomen, according to his dad. Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 Painful bloat set into my upper abdomen. Jessie Rosen, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 The search for a suspect While Heskett underwent surgery to safely remove the knife from his abdomen, detectives started sifting through the evidence and law enforcement personnel from half a dozen agencies banded together for an all-out search of the area. Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 According to Schoebel, Evans had undergone the surgery after being shot in the abdomen in Racine County. Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abdomen
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  • The teen, who suffered four days of stomach pain before being admitted to Tauranga Hospital, had ingested between 80 and 100 high-power magnets, each around 5×2 millimeters in size, according to a Friday report in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the frog’s body is smooth, while the sides, throat, chest and stomach have some small bumps, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At Duran Lantink’s debut collection for Jean Paul Gaultier, graphic bodysuits of male pubic hair, hairy chests, and hairier bellies were on shocking display.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This small-sized newt, found in remote mountain streams, is notable for its orange-red belly and bright orange tail.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Abdomen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdomen. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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