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abdominal
of, in, or for the abdomen: exercise to strengthen the abdominal wall
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abominable – repugnantly hateful; loathsome: an abominable crime; very bad, poor, or inferior: abominable taste in clothes
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ab·dom·i·nal
(ăb-dŏm′ə-nəl)adj.
Of or relating to the abdomen.
n.
An abdominal muscle: an exercise machine that works the abdominals.
ab·dom′i·nal·ly adv.
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ab•dom•i•nal
(æbˈdɒm ə nl)adj.
1. of, in, on, or for the abdomen.
n. 2. Usu., abdominals. the abdominal muscles.
ab•dom′i•nal•ly, adv.
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| Noun | 1. |  abdominal - the muscles of the abdomen skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, oblique - a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso musculus transversalis abdominis, transverse muscle of abdomen, transversus abdominis, transversus abdominis muscle - a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity |
| Adj. | 1. |  abdominal - of or relating to or near the abdomen; "abdominal muscles" |
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abdominal
adjective gastric, intestinal, visceral vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain
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Translations
بَطْنِي، مُتَعَلِّق بِالْبَطن
břišní
bughule-mave-
hasi
kviîar-, kviîarhols-
brušný
karna ait
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abdominal
adj → abdominal (form); (in man, mammals also) → Unterleibs-; (in insects also) → Hinterleibs-; abdominal pain → Unterleibsschmerzen pl; abdominal segments → Abdominalsegmente pl; abdominal wall → Bauchdecke f
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abdomen
(ˈӕbdəmən) noun the part of the body between the hips and the lower ribs.
abˈdominal (-ˈdo-) adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ab·dom·i·nal
a. abdominal, rel. al abdomen;
___ bandage → vendaje ___;
___ breathing → respiración ___;
___ cavity → cavidad ___;
___ cramps → retortijón, torzón;
___ dyspnea → disnea ___;
___ distention → distensión ___;
___ fistula → fístula ___;
___ injuries → traumatismos ___-es;
___ puncture → punción ___;
___ reflexes → reflejos ___-es;
___ rigidity → rigidez ___;
___ tumor → tumor ___.
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abdominal
adj abdominalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.