What does the word abdominal mean?
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Of, pertaining to, or contained in the abdomen; as A. organs( or viscera), A. walls( or parietes), A. regions.
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Performed upon or through the a. wall, as A. ballottement, A. palpation, A. extraction of the fetus, A. operations, A. section( = laparotomy). A. aneurysm, aneurysm of the a. aorta, or its branches. A. aorta, that part of the aorta which extends from the diaphragm to the bifurcation of the vessel. A. bandage, the binder; a broad bandage for supporting and making pressure upon the abdomen after delivery or during the operation of tapping. A. brain, the solar plexus. A. breathing( A. respiration), respiration performed by the diaphragm and abdominal muscles. See Respiration. A. cavity, the cavity contained with the walls of the abdomen and itself containing the a. viscera. A. dropsy, ascites, A. fever, a sort of remittent fever, occurring in India, marked by diarrhoea, a. tenderness, and tympanites. A. fistule, an unnatural opening in the a. wall, communicating usually with one of the hollow a. viscera. The most common varieties are biliary, gastric, and intestinal fistules. A. ganglia, the sympathetic ganglia contained in the a. cavity. A. gestation, A. pregnancy, extra uterine gestation occurring in the a. cavity. A. lines, the tendinous inscriptions in the a. wall( linea alba, lineae semilunares, and lineae transversae), also the lines of the skin corresponding to them. A. muscles, the muscles forming the walls of the abdomen; the rectus abdominis, pyramidalis, external oblique, internal oblique, transversalis, and quadratus lumborum. A. phthisis, tuberculosis of the parts within the abdomen, particularly the pertitoneum, mesenteric glands, and intestines. A. ptosis, enteroptosis. A. reflex, reflex contraction of the a. muscles induced under normal conditions by slight stimulations of the skin over the side of the abdomen. A. ring, the lower opening of the inguinal canal; also called External a. ring; an aperture extending upward and outward in the aponeurosis of the external oblique, transmitting the spermatic cord in the men and the round ligament in women. The Internal a. ring is an opening in the transversalis fascia, forming the inner aperture of the inguinal canal. A. surgery, that branch of surgery which deals with lesions of the abdomen and with operations performed within its cavity or through its walls. A. sweetbread, the pancreas. A. typhus, typhoid fever.
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Relating to the abdomen.
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Usage examples for abdominal
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The superficial reflexes, particularly the abdominal reflexes, disappear early in meningitis and the disturbance is bilateral; in abscess they are slower to disappear, and one side only is affected. – Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
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" Why," said Mr. A, " I see it by their abdominal breathing!" – The Mechanism of the Human Voice by Emil Behnke
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