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abd

abd is the abbreviation of abdomen.

abd is the alternative form of abid.

Meaning of abdomen

Noun

abdomen (plural abdomens or abdomina)

  1. (obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly.
  2. The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
  3. The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
    • He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.
  4. The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

Meaning of abid

Noun

abid (plural abid or abids)

  1. slave
  2. servant
  3. worshipper

See all 4 meanings of abid

Noun capitalized: ABD

ABD (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, academics) Initialism of all but dissertation.
    • Most of my employers knew I was a graduate student, and fortunately, most seemed reluctant to ask me too many questions. Our mutual silence served as a way to deal with the status inconsistency of a house wife with a B.A. hiring a ABD to clean her house.1992, Mary Romero, “Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey”, in Maid in the U.S.A., Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 6
    • The most common reason for such episodes is that a student takes a job before completing a thesis, usually after attaining ABD (all but dissertation) status.2001, John Siegfried, Wendy Stock, “So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics?: How Long Do You Think It Will Take?”, in The Journal of Human Resources, volume 36, number 2, page 366

Forms of abd

pluralabd
pluralabds

Origin of abd

Shortened form of abdomen.

See abid.

Phrases with abd

Questions about abd

What is abd the abbreviation of?
Abd is the abbreviation of abdomen.
What part of speech is abd?
Abd is a noun.
What is the plural of abd?
The plural of abd is abd.

Words near abd in the dictionary

  1. abcoulomb
  2. abcoulombs
  3. ABCP
  4. ABCPs
  5. ABCs
  6. abd
  7. Abd al-Masih
  8. Abd al-Qadir
  9. Abd al-Qadirs
  10. Abd Allah
  11. Abd-Allah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abd (page history and authors); ABD (page history and authors); abdomen (page history and authors); abid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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