What is the muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff called?
diaphragm — (Anat.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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