abdominal cavity

noun

The hollow portion of the torso within the abdomen, containing the abdominal organs, in mammals below the diaphragm.

Similar
abdomen
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Meanings

nounabdominal cavity (plural abdominal cavities)

plural abdominal cavities

  1. anatomyThe hollow portion of the torso within the abdomen, containing the abdominal organs, in mammals below the diaphragm.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm

Similar
abdomen
Broader
cavitybodily cavitycavum
Also see
abdomen

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans buikholte
  • buikholtehollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Bulgarian коремна кухина
  • коремна кухина (koremna kuhina)hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Catalan cavitat abdominal
  • cavitat abdominalhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Chinese Mandarin 腹腔
  • 腹腔 (fùqiāng)hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Czech dutina břišní
  • dutina břišníhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Danish bughule
  • bughulehollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Dutch buikholte
  • buikholtehollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Estonian kõhuõõs
  • kõhuõõshollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Finnish vatsaontelo
  • vatsaontelohollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
French cavité abdominale
  • cavité abdominalehollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
German Bauchhöhle
  • Bauchhöhlehollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Hungarian hasüreg
  • hasüreghollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Irish cuas an bhoilg
  • cuas an bhoilghollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Japanese 腹腔
  • 腹腔hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Latin cavum abdominis
  • cavum abdominishollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Latvian vēdera dobums
  • vēdera dobumshollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Lithuanian pilvo ertmė
  • pilvo ertmėhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Malay rongga abdomen, kaviti abdomen
  • rongga abdomenhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
  • kaviti abdomenhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Norwegian Bokmål bukhole, bukhule
  • bukholehollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
  • bukhulehollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Polish jama brzuszna
  • jama brzusznahollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Portuguese cavidade abdominal
  • cavidade abdominalhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Romanian cavitate abdominală
  • cavitate abdominalăhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Russian брюшна́я по́лость
  • брюшна́я по́лость (brjušnája pólostʹ)hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Spanish cavidad abdominal
  • cavidad abdominalhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Swedish bukhåla
  • bukhålahollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Thai ช่องท้อง
  • ช่องท้อง (chɔ̂ng-tɔ́ɔng)hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Turkish karın boşluğu
  • karın boşluğuhollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Ukrainian черевна́ порожни́на
  • черевна́ порожни́на (čerevná porožnýna)hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs
Cite this entry
APA

abdominal cavity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abdominal%20cavity

MLA

“abdominal cavity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abdominal%20cavity. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abdominal cavity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abdominal%20cavity.

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