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abdominal

Syllables: ab·dom·i·nalUK/æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩//æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/

abdominal adjective: of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.

Adjective

abdominal (comparative more abdominal, superlative most abdominal)

  1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
    • abdominal muscles
    • abdominal cavity
    Synonyms:
    ventral
  2. (archaic, humorous) Characterized by or possessing a large abdomen; corpulent, pot-bellied.
    • The moment they had passed, the pikes clashed together horizontally to bar the gateway, and all but pinned an abdominal citizen that sought to wedge in along with them.
  3. Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
  4. Ventral, in describing a fin.
  5. (obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.

Noun

abdominal (plural abdominals)

  1. (obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
  2. (colloquial, plural-normally) An abdominal muscle.

abdominal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

abdominal in Hindi

उदर माँसपेशी, उदरीय, उदर सम्बन्धित

abdominal in Tamil

வயிற்று, அடிவயிற்றுக்குரிய

abdominal in Marathi

ओटीपोट

abdominal in Urdu

بطنی, شکمی
More languagesFewer languages
abdominal in Telugu
పొత్తికడుపు
abdominal in Malayalam
ഉദരസംബന്ധമായ
abdominal in Kannada
ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯ, ಒಡಲ
abdominal in Gujarati
ઉદરીય udarīya
abdominal in Sinhala
බඩ baḍa
abdominal in Tagalog
pantiyan
abdominal in Arabic
بَطْنِيّ baṭniyy
abdominal in Persian
شکمی šekami

Examples of abdominal in a sentence

  • I think 10 years old is too young for an abdominal ring.
  • A tetrad of rash, arthralgia, abdominal pain and kidney disease in a child is pathognomonic for Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
  • Diastasis recti is a common condition that can manifest postpartum or following abdominal surgery.

All 40 example sentences with abdominal

Synonyms of abdominal

Forms of abdominal

Adjective
comparativemore abdominal
superlativemost abdominal
Noun
pluralabdominals

Origin of abdominal

First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen. Equivalent to abdomin- + -al. Compare French abdominal.

Words formed from abdominal

Phrases with abdominal

6 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about abdominal

What does abdominal mean?
Abdominal means of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
What is abdominal in Hindi?
Abdominal in Hindi is उदर माँसपेशी, उदरीय, उदर सम्बन्धित. See Abdominal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is abdominal?
Abdominal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce abdominal?
Abdominal is pronounced /æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/ (UK).

Words near abdominal in the dictionary

  1. abdomens
  2. abdomere
  3. abdomeres
  4. abdomin-
  5. abdomina
  6. abdominal
  7. abdominal aorta
  8. abdominal cavities
  9. abdominal cavity
  10. abdominal decompression
  11. abdominal decompressions

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: abdominal (page history and authors); abdominal (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abdominal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abdominal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); abdominal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abdominal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); abdominal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abdominal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઉદરીય (Gujarati) (page history and authors); බඩ (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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