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diastasis recti

diastasis recti noun: an abnormal gap between the abdominal muscles, sometimes caused by pregnancy or occurring in newborn children.

Noun

diastasis recti

  1. An abnormal gap between the abdominal muscles, sometimes caused by pregnancy or occurring in newborn children.
    • This woman had the most extreme diastasis recti abdominales.1902 February, Byron Robinson, “Splanchnoptosis, Uterine Artery, Ureter”, in Minneapolis Homeopathic Magazine, volume 11, number 2
    • Abdominal hernia noticed (diastasis recti) coincidentally with exacerbation of abdominal and cerebral distress, requiring occasional narcotic.1922 November, Henry J. Wolf, “Report and critical analysis of a long-standing case of intestinal spacticity, with observations on the beneficent use of atropine”, in The American Journal of Surgery...
    Synonyms:
    abdominal separation

Examples of diastasis recti in a sentence

  • If not during pregnancy, a diastasis recti can instead develop during the second stage of labor, particularly if there is excessive breath holding during pushing.2000, Rebecca Gourley Stephenson, Linda J. O'Connor, Obstetric and Gynecologic Care in Physical Therapy, page 267:
  • Diastasis recti is a common condition that can manifest postpartum or following abdominal surgery.2017, William W. Hope, William S. Cobb, Gina L Adrales, Textbook of Hernia, page 316:

Synonyms of diastasis recti

  • abdominal separation

Questions about diastasis recti

What does diastasis recti mean?
Diastasis recti means an abnormal gap between the abdominal muscles, sometimes caused by pregnancy or occurring in newborn children.
How do you use diastasis recti in a sentence?
If not during pregnancy, a diastasis recti can instead develop during the second stage of labor, particularly if there is excessive breath holding during pushing.
What part of speech is diastasis recti?
Diastasis recti is a noun.

Words near diastasis recti in the dictionary

  1. diastaltic
  2. diastase
  3. diastases
  4. diastasic
  5. diastasis
  6. diastasis recti
  7. diastataxis
  8. diastatic
  9. diastatically
  10. diastatid
  11. diastatide

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