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Definition: Abdominal |
AbdominalAdjective1. Of or relating to or near the abdomen; "abdominal muscles". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abdominal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Having to do with the abdomen, which is the part of the body between the chest and the hips that contains the pancreas, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and other organs. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interiority | Adjective: interior, internal; inner, inside, inward, intraregarding; inmost, innermost; deep seated, gut; intestine, intestinal; inland; subcutaneous; abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic; interstitial; (interjacent); inwrought; (intrinsic); inclosed; Verb: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | This woman has acute post-prandial upper abdominal distension. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; writing credit: Leonard Nimoy; Harve Bennett) | |
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Health | Fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea (often bloody). (references) | |
Side effects are nausea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. (references) | ||
Presence of kidney stone(s) detected by abdominal radiograph. (references) | ||
Business | Abdominal (Back & Neck) machines, upper and lower torso machines, and 45-degree bench presses are the basic elements of a gym, using mechanics to exercise different muscle groups. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | At home, Ayaucan complained of abdominal pain and was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. (references) |
Jamaica | The police first assumed that three of the detainees, who complained of abdominal cramps and died after being sent to a local hospital, suffered poisoning. (references) | |
Portugal | In January 2000 in Porto, Alvaro Rosa Cardoso, a member of the Roma community, died from internal abdominal bleeding after a violent encounter with police. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Abdominal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.23% of the time. "Abdominal" is used about 518 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.23% | 514 | 11,807 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.58% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 518 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "abdominal": Abdominal Abscess ♦ abdominal actinomycosis ♦ abdominal aorta ♦ abdominal belt ♦ abdominal breathing ♦ abdominal cavity ♦ abdominal cramp ♦ abdominal delivery ♦ Abdominal fat ♦ abdominal incision ♦ Abdominal Injuries ♦ Abdominal Muscles ♦ abdominal nerve plexus ♦ Abdominal Pain ♦ abdominal pains ♦ abdominal pregnancy ♦ Abdominal ring ♦ abdominal segments ♦ abdominal ultrasonography ♦ abdominal ultrasound ♦ abdominal US ♦ abdominal viscera ♦ abdominal wall ♦ Abdominal Wall Inflammation. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "abdominal": extra-abdominal, intra-abdominal, thoracico-abdominal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abdominal exercise | 1,618 |
abdominal pain | 601 |
abdominal | 525 |
abdominal workouts | 252 |
abdominal aortic aneurism | 219 |
abdominal workout | 174 |
abdominal hernia | 102 |
abdominal muscle | 96 |
abdominal aneurism | 90 |
abdominal exercise equipment | 90 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abdominal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | abdominaal. (various references) | |
Albanian | i barkut (antenatal, enteric, ventral), barkor (ventral). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | коремен (splanchnic, ventral), абдоминален. (various references) | |
Chinese | 胃 . (various references) | |
Czech | břišní (ventral). (various references) | |
Danish | abdominal-, abdominal. (various references) | |
Dutch | abdominaal, onderbuik-. (various references) | |
Esperanto | abdomena, ventra, subventra. (various references) | |
Farsi | ماهیان بطنی , وریدهای شکمی , شکمی (Gastric, Uterine, Ventral), بطنی (Umbilical, Uterine). (various references) | |
Finnish | alfaraskasketjutauti (alpha chain disease, mediterranean abdominal lymphoma), vatsaontelon elinten ultrasonografia (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal ultrasound, abdominal US), vatsaontelon elinten kaikukuvaus (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal ultrasound, abdominal US), vatsaontelo (abdominal cavity), vatsankipu (abdominal pain, stomach ache), vatsa-aortta-aneurysman endoluminaalinen hoito (endoluminal repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms, endoluminal treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms), vatsa-aortan aneurysma (abdominal aortic aneurysm), Välimeren lymfooma (alpha chain disease, mediterranean abdominal lymphoma), laparotomia (abdominal incision, celiotomy, coeliotomy, laparotomie, laparotomy, ventral celiotomy, ventral coeliotomy), immunoproliferatiivinen ohutsuolisairaus (alpha chain disease, mediterranean abdominal lymphoma). (various references) | |
French | abdominal. (various references) | |
German | abdominal. (various references) | |
Greek | κοιλιακόσ (coeliac, ventral), γαστρικόσ (gastric). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בט י (ventral). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hasi (slink, slink skin, ventral). (various references) | |
Italian | addominale. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 腹" (abdominal cavity), 腹痛 (abdominal pain, stomach ache), 腹筋運動 (exercise to strengthen one's abdominal muscles), 腹筋 (abdominal muscles, sit-up), 腹水 (abdominal dropsy, ascites), 腹式呼吸 (abdominal breathing), 腹壁 (abdominal wall), 腸満 (bloating of the abdominal region), 力帯 (abdominal-support belt), 冷え腹 (abdominal chills, diarrhea), 下脹れ (abdominal swelling, fat face). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふく" (abdominal cavity), ちからおび (abdominal-support belt), はらいた (abdominal pain, stomach ache), はらすじ (abdominal muscles, sit-up), ふっ" (abdominal cavity, restoration, revival), ふっき" (abdominal muscles, sit-up), ちょうま" (bloating of the abdominal region, tympanites), ふくへき (abdominal wall), しもぶくれ (abdominal swelling, fat face, large at bottom, round-faced), ふくつう (abdominal pain, stomach ache), ふくき" (abdominal muscles, sit-up), ふくくう (abdominal cavity), ふくしき"きゅう (abdominal breathing), ふくすい (abdominal dropsy, ascites, water gone underground), ひえばら (abdominal chills, diarrhea), ふっき"う"どう (exercise to strengthen one's abdominal muscles). (various references) | |
Korean | 복부 (Abdomen, Ventral). (various references) | |
Manx | y vrooinney, y volgey, brooinnagh, bolgey (balloon, dilate, dilation, enlarge, fill, inflate, inflation, swell), bolgagh (bellied, billowy, blister, bog, bulging, moss, puffy, variola). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abdominalay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abdominal (ventral). (various references) | |
Romanian | abdominal (belly, hypogastric). (various references) | |
Russian | брюшной (enteric, ventral). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rbušni. (various references) | |
Spanish | abdominal. (various references) | |
Swedish | abdominal, mag- (gastric, peptic), buk-. (various references) | |
Turkish | karın ile ilgili. (various references) | |
Ukranian | черевний (coeliac, enteric, ventral). (various references) | |
Welsh | perthynol i'r bol. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abdominal": abdominally. (additional references) | |
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"Abdominal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abdomin, abdomina, abominal, adbominal, adbonimal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abdominal" (pronounced abdÄ"munul or ubdÄ"munul) |
| 6 | -Ä" m u n u l | nominal, phenomenal. |
| 5 | -m u n u l | criminal, luminal, noncriminal, seminal, subliminal, terminal. |
| 4 | -u n u l | aberrational, aboriginal, additional, Arsenal, attitudinal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, coeducational, collisional, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, delusional, denominational, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, erosional, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, impersonal, improvisational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, marginal, medicinal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, personal, polygonal, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, sensational, sentinel, situational, superregional, supranational, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, virginal, vocational. |
| 3 | -n u l | adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, infernal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, spinal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl. |
| 6 | -Ä" m u n u l | nominal, phenomenal. |
| 5 | -m u n u l | criminal, luminal, noncriminal, seminal, subliminal, terminal. |
| 4 | -u n u l | aberrational, aboriginal, additional, Arsenal, attitudinal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, coeducational, collisional, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, delusional, denominational, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, erosional, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, impersonal, improvisational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, marginal, medicinal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, personal, polygonal, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, sensational, sentinel, situational, superregional, supranational, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, virginal, vocational. |
| 3 | -n u l | adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, infernal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, spinal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-i-l-m-n-o" | |
-1 letter: abdomina. | |
-2 letters: amboina, bimodal, mandola, monadal. | |
-3 letters: aidman, albino, almond, alodia, amidol, animal, anodal, baalim, badman, daimon, dolman, domain, indaba, ladino, lambda, lamina, manila, oilman. | |
-4 letters: aboil, aboma, adman, alamo, aland, aloin, amain, amido, amino, amnia, amnio, anima, banal, binal, blain, bland, blind, blond, daman, danio, dobla, dolma, domal, indol, labia, lamia, lanai, liana, liman, limba, limbo, mania, modal, monad, naiad, nidal, nodal, nomad. | |
-5 letters: alan, alba, alma, ambo, amia, amid, amin, anal, anil, anoa, baal, bail, bald, balm, band, bani, bima, bind, blam, blin, boil, bola, bold, bond, damn, dial, diol, dona, iamb, idol, laid, lain, lama, lamb, land, lido, lima, limb, limn, limo, lino, lion, load, loam, loan, loin, maid, mail, main, mana, mano, mild, milo, mina, mind, moan, modi, moil, mola, mold, nada, nail, naoi, nodi, noil, noma, obia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-i-l-m-n-o" | |
+2 letters: abdominally. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 64 6F 6D 69 6E 61 6C |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... -.. --- -- .. -. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01100100 01101111 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b d o m i n a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0064 006F 006D 0069 006E 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356870817975806778 |
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