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/æbdˈɑmənəl/ /əbdˈɑmənəl/ Listen

adjective

Abdominal adj.

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

(Zool.) 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.

noun

Abdominal n. (pl. E. abdominals, L. abdominales) A fish of the group Abdominales.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Abdominal" Quotes from Famous Books

... as the voice will be strengthened thereby, and the capacity of the chest greatly increased. Do not raise the shoulders or the upper part of the chest alone when you breathe. Breathe as a healthy child breathes, by the expansion and contraction of abdominal and intercostal muscles. Such breathing will improve the health, and be of great assistance in continuous reading or speaking. Great care is necessary in converting the breath into voice. Do not waste breath; use it economically, or hoarseness will follow. Much practice on the vocal ...

— The Canadian Elocutionist • Anna Kelsey Howard

... They are not at all agreed as to the practical conclusion arrived at, and even those who agree to the same conclusion do so for different reasons. Three of them agree that in the case of a cyst known to contain a living embryo, when a rupture most probably fatal to mother and child is imminent, the abdominal section might be performed lawfully, the cyst opened and the child baptized before its certain death. Two of these justify this conclusion on the principle that the death of the child is then permitted ...

— Moral Principles and Medical Practice - The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence • Charles Coppens

... "Revue de Deux Mondes"). In this ballet a series of dancing celebrities are exhibited by the female Mephistopheles for the entertainment of her victim. After Salome had twisted her flanks and exploited the prowess of her abdominal muscles to perfunctory applause, Doloretes would have heated the blood, not only of Faust, but of the ladies and gentlemen in the orchestra stalls, with the clicking of her heels, the clacking of her castanets, now held high over head, now held low behind her back, the flashing ...

— The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten

... middle, and enteron, the intestine). A duplicature of the peritoneum covering the small intestine, which occupies the middle or center of the abdominal cavity. ...

— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell

... possess the power of imitating the movements of a foetus, by voluntary contraction of the abdominal muscles. A well-known colored woman of Charleston, 'Aunt Betty,' had a great reputation as having 'been pregnant for fifteen years.' She made a good deal of money, by exhibiting to physicians and medical students who were curious, the pretended movements of her unborn child. She was repeatedly presented ...

— The Physical Life of Woman: - Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother • Dr. George H Napheys

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