| Noun | 1. | midsection - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"region, area - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" | |