Abdominal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abdominal \Ab*dom"i*nal\, n.; E. pl. {Abdominals}, L. pl.
     {Abdominales}.
     A fish of the group Abdominales.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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