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The colloquial form of the word enterocoelia?

 
 
Reply Thu 27 Oct, 2011 07:26 am
I believe less native English know the word enterocoelia, which refers to abdominal cavity. But in spoken English, what do you call it?
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Joe Nation
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Reply Thu 27 Oct, 2011 07:59 am
@oristarA,
The gut.

That's about as good a word as there is in the whole English language.

He hit him right in the gut.

She was anxious, her gut was tied up in knots and her head throbbed like a clock.

He was shot twice, once in the shoulder and once in the gut. The gutshot killed him.

George Bush didn't always go with what his advisers told him, he went by his own gut.


There is also the word "guts".
(Stomach)
Four glasses of bad vodka and he was puking his guts out all over Broadway.
(Bravery, fortitude)

You have to have real guts to do what he did that day.

If you don't have the guts to stand up for what you believe, then sit down and shut up.

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You're right, by the way, I have never seen the word "enterocoelia".

Joe(nor heard it spoken anywhere)Nation
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Reply Thu 27 Oct, 2011 08:28 am
@oristarA,
I know it as the peritoneal cavity but that's not a colloquial word.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-peritoneal-cavity.htm

Joe Nation is right - gut or guts, for colloquial use. This does include the cavity organs as well as the area surrounding them.
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Reply Thu 27 Oct, 2011 09:12 am
@Joe Nation,
Joe Nation wrote:
The gut.

That's about as good a word as there is in the whole English language.

He hit him right in the gut.

She was anxious, her gut was tied up in knots and her head throbbed like a clock.

He was shot twice, once in the shoulder and once in the gut. The gutshot killed him.

George Bush didn't always go with what his advisers told him, he went by his own gut.


There is also the word "guts".
(Stomach)
Four glasses of bad vodka and he was puking his guts out all over Broadway.
(Bravery, fortitude)

You have to have real guts to do what he did that day.

If you don't have the guts to stand up for what you believe, then sit down and shut up.

~~
You're right, by the way, I have never seen the word "enterocoelia".

Joe(nor heard it spoken anywhere)Nation
I disagree.
The question addressed the abdominal CAVITY.
The guts are inside that cavity.

I don 't believe that such a word exists in English.





David
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oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 27 Oct, 2011 09:33 am
The colloquial use is not as strict as a written one.

Thank you all.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Thu 27 Oct, 2011 11:14 am
@oristarA,
Colloquial use can be either oral or written.
There is quite a lot of it in A2K.





David
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