Crossword clues for abdominal
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abdominal \Ab*dom"i*nal\, n.; E. pl. Abdominals, L. pl. Abdominales. A fish of the group Abdominales. [1913 Webster] ||
Abdominal \Ab*dom"i*nal\, a. [Cf. F. abdominal.]
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
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(Zo["o]l.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also inguinal ring.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, from medical Latin abdominalis, from abdomen (genitive abdominis); see abdomen.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. (Mid 18th century.)(R:SOED5: page=3) 2 (context ichthyology English) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins. (Mid 19th century.) 3 (context ichthyology English) ventral, in describing a fin. (Late 19th century.) 4 (context zoology obsolete English) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish. n. 1 (context zoology obsolete English) A fish of the order Abdominales. 2 (context colloquial usually pluralonly English) An abdominal muscle. (Mid 20th century.)
WordNet
n : the muscles of the abdomen [syn: abdominal muscle, ab]
adj : of or relating to or near the abdomen; "abdominal muscles"
Wikipedia
Andy Bernstein (born February 7, 1974), better known by his stage name Abdominal, is a rapper from Toronto, Canada.
Usage examples of "abdominal".
It was found that the womb had been ruptured and the child killed, for in several days it was delivered in a putrid mass, partly through the natural passage and partly through an abscess opening in the abdominal wall.
Autenreith mentions metastasis of milk through an abdominal abscess to the thigh, and Balthazaar also mentions excretion of milk from the thigh.
Desgranges gives a case of a fish-spine in the abdominal cavity, and ten years afterward it ulcerated through an abscess in the abdominal wall.
But a high amylase could also indicate other acute abdominal processes.
The only findings were minimal atheroma formation in the abdominal aorta and a benign-appearing polyp in the large intestine.
The commonly associated defects are: More or less completely septate bladder, atresia ani, or more rarely double anus, double urethra, increased breadth of the bony pelvis with defect of the symphysis pubis, and possibly duplication of the lower end of the spine, and hernia of some of the abdominal contents into a perineal pouch.
Bouzal cites an extraordinary case of ectopic gestation in which there was natural expulsion of the fetus through abdominal walls, with subsequent intestinal strangulation.
Brodie, Dunglison, Erich, Rodbard, Fox, and Wilson are among others reporting the expulsion of remnants of ectopic pregnancies through the abdominal parietes.
Careful examination showed this to be a case of intramural twin pregnancy at the point of entrance of the tube and the uterus, while at the abdominal end of the same tube there was another ovum,--the whole being an example of triple unilateral ectopic gestation.
It contains data relative to 17 cases in which abdominal section has been successfully performed for advanced ectopic gestation with living children.
The causes are tight lacing, prolapse of the abdominal organs, weakness of the supporting ligaments, and enervating habits.
When she finally entered the hospital, surgeons had to do a pelvic exenteration on her, which meant they took everything out of the lower abdominal cavity and diverted her urine and fecal waste into bags through artificial holes in the abdomen.
The medial umbilical ligament was a mess, and they had almost lost him because his superior mesenteric artery was pierced and pumping blood into his abdominal cavity, causing a life-threatening drop in blood pressure.
Marcaine was given, the patients got a sudden and striking parasympathetic reaction with abdominal pain, salivation, perspiration, and even miotic pupils.
His omentum was very lean, but the liver covered all his abdominal viscera.