AbdomeN

ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide,

or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat), the belly,

the region of the body containing most of the digestive

organs. (See for anatomical details the articles ALIMENTARY

CANAL, and ANATOMY, Superficial and Artistic.)

Source: An unnamed encyclopedia from a project that puts out-of-copyright texts into the public domain. This is from a *very* old source, and reflects the thinking of the turn of the last century. -- BryceHarrington