n 1  :  any of the major subdivisions into which the body or one of its parts is divisible <the nine s of the abdomen>   2  :  an indefinite area surrounding a specified body part <a pain in the of the heart>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  re·agin 
 
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