abdominal

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UK /æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/ US /æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/

adj 4noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

autoimmune, good, phenomenal, post-operative, severe, terrible, upper

VERB + ABDOMINAL

am, cause, causes, disorder, doing, effects, exercised, exercises

ABDOMINAL + NOUN

cavity, constipation, crunches, endoscopy, malnutrition, muscles, pain, region

PREP.

from, in

ADV.

recently, simply, such

Definitions

adj

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.

abdominal muscles

abdominal cavity

Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.

Ventral, in describing a fin.

Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.

noun

A fish of the order Abdominales.

An abdominal muscle.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the muscles of the abdomen

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

abdominal muscles

Wiktionary

abdominal cavity

Wiktionary

I have abdominal gas.

Tatoeba · #430006

That exercise is good for the abdominal muscles.

Tatoeba · #538919

Tom is suffering from severe abdominal pain.

Tatoeba · #2957261

Mary's post-operative abdominal pain was caused by the surgeon leaving a surgical instrument inside her.

Tatoeba · #3076558

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, abdominal is marked as obsolete, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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