{"def":{"short":"a cavity, i.e., (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart","long":["the whole belly, the entire cavity",["the upper [i.e., stomach] and the lower belly are distinguished"],"the lower belly, the lower region, the receptacle of the excrement","the gullet",["to be given up to the pleasures of the palate, to gluttony"],"the womb, the place where the foetus is conceived and nourished until birth",["of the uterus of animals"],"the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart as the seat of thought, feeling, choice"]},"deriv":"from κοῖλος (\"hollow\")","pronun":{"ipa":"kyˈli.ɑ","ipa_mod":"kyˈli.ɑ","sbl":"koilia","dic":"koo-LEE-ah","dic_mod":"koo-LEE-ah"}}