abdominal

4 definitions found

abdominal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Abdominal \Ab*dom"i*nal\, a. [Cf. F. abdominal.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the
        abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
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     2. (Zool.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the
        Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
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     Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each
        side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes;
        -- called also inguinal ring.
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  Abdominal \Ab*dom"i*nal\, n.; E. pl. Abdominals, L. pl.
     Abdominales.
     A fish of the group Abdominales.
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abdominal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  abdominal
      adj 1: of or relating to or near the abdomen; "abdominal
             muscles"
      n 1: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: abdominal, abdominal muscle
           , ab]

abdominal - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "abdominal":
     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