Meaning of ABDOMINAL
| Pronunciation: | | ab'dâmunl
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| | Definition: | | [adj] of or relating to or near the abdomen; "abdominal muscles" |
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\Ab*dom"i*nal\, a. [Cf. F. abdominal.]
1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the
abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
2. (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}.
\Ab*dom"i*nal\, n.; E. pl. {Abdominals}, L. pl.
{Abdominales}.
A fish of the group Abdominales.
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| | Definition: | | Having to do with the abdomen ( Abdomen - which is the part of the body between the chest and the hips that contains the stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and some other organs) |
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| | Related Terms: | | anal, appendical, big-bellied, cardiac, cecal, celiac, colic, colonic, coronary, duodenal, enteric, gastric, ileac, intestinal, jejunal, mesogastric, pyloric, rectal, splanchnic, stomachal, stomachic, ventral, ventricular, visceral |
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