Meaning of MIDRIFF
| Pronunciation: | | 'midrif
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- [n] (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
- [n] the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
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| | Synonyms: | | diaphragm, middle, midsection |
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| | See Also: | | area, body, membrane, muscle system, muscular structure, musculature, region, tissue layer, torso, trunk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mid"riff\, n. [AS. midhrif; midd mid, middle + hrif
bowels, womb; akin to OFries. midref midriff, rif, ref,
belly, OHG. href body, and to L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.]
(Anat.)
See {Diaphragm}, n., 2.
Smote him into the midriff with a stone. --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | abdomen, abomasum, barrier, bay window, beerbelly, belly, brattice, breadbasket, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bumper, center, cloison, collision mat, core, craw, crop, cushion, diameter, diaphragm, dissepiment, dividing line, dividing wall, division, embonpoint, equator, fender, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, heart, honeycomb stomach, interior, interseptum, kernel, kishkes, manyplies, mat, maw, mean, median, middle, midmost, midsection, midst, nucleus, omasum, pad, panel, paries, partition, party wall, paunch, pot, potbelly, potgut, property line, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach, separation, septulum, septum, shock pad, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, thick, thick of things, third stomach, tummy, tum-tum, underbelly, ventripotence, waist, waistline, wall, zone |
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