The part of your body between your chest and your hips, where your stomach and intestines are located; often called your belly.
From Latin *abdomen* meaning “belly” or “paunch,” possibly related to a word meaning “to hide” because internal organs are hidden there. It entered English through scientific and medical Latin.
Your abdomen is like your body’s central engine room, holding many major organs tightly packed together. When people talk about ‘core strength,’ they’re really talking about the muscles around your abdomen that stabilize almost every move you make.
Discussion of the abdomen intersects with gendered medical histories, including under‑research of women’s abdominal and pelvic pain and the pathologizing of women’s bodies. However, the term itself is anatomically neutral.
Use anatomically precise, non‑sexualized language when referring to anyone’s abdomen; avoid objectifying descriptions that differ by gender.
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In medical or health contexts, note that women’s abdominal pain and symptoms have historically been dismissed or misdiagnosed.
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