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ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form adipomen, from adeps, See also:
FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)
fat) , the belly, the region of the See also:

BODY

body containing most of the See also:

DIGESTIVE

digestive See also:

ORGANS

organs .

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