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• On a bird, apteric skin is found on the face, abdomen, and feet.From the entry apteric
• There was an arrow-hole in his abdomen, from which blood was seeping.From the entry arrow-hole
• With a groan, he ejaculated on his abdomen.From the entry ejaculate
• The patient reported a knifelike pain in his abdomen.From the entry knifelike
• Itʼs known as a laparotomy, which involves cutting open your whole abdomen.2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 262. From the entry laparotomy
• He walked right up to me, the knife poking him in the abdomen, just above his bulge.2017, Dee Dawning, Extramarital, →ISBN. From the entry bulge
• Percuss the abdomen when you suspect distention, fluid, or solid masses.2016, Susan F. Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens, Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 259. From the entry percuss
• Each follow-up visit included a clinical physical examination, nasopharyngoscopy, ultrasonography of the abdomen and chest X-ray.2015 September 15, “Long-Term Results of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced N2-3 Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry nasopharyngoscopy
• Abdomen microtrichose, with tergites 6 to 8 and sternite 8 lustrous and sternite 7 sublustrous.2015 July 27, Miroslav Barták, Štěpán Kubík, “Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera…. From the entry sublustrous
• The radiation therapist benefits from a working knowledge of the nonalimentary organs of the abdomen and pelvis.2015, Charles M. Washington, Dennis T. Leaver, Principles and Practice of Radiation Therapy, page 418. From the entry nonalimentary
• To access the abdomen and maintain the draping of the chest and breasts a handtowel is used.2010, Lisa Casanelia, David Stelfox, Foundations of Massage. From the entry handtowel
• Unlike spiders, daddy longlegs do not have a clearly marked division between thorax and abdomen.2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, The International Wildlife Encyclopedia, volume 10, page 636. From the entry daddy longlegs
• Second-instar larvae are heavily sclerotized, with distinct truncate abdomens, and, unlike second-instar diaspidids, have functional legs.2001, F. W. Howard, Insects on Palms, page 223. From the entry diaspidid
• One of the most bizarre modifications of the beetle abdomen is known as physogastry.2000, Arthur V. Evans, An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, page 64. From the entry physogastry
• He said you blew from down here." Piggy laid a hand on his jutting abdomen.1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies. From the entry asthma
• She now has a stoma (an opening in her abdomen) and relies on a urostomy bag to collect her urine.2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The…. From the entry urostomy
• At the same time a CT-scan of the abdomen revealed iliac, paraaortic, and mesenteric lymphadenopathy as well as splenomegaly.2015 May 23, Tassilo Kruis et al., “A case series in patients with enteropathy and granulomatous diseases”, in BMC Gastroenterology…. From the entry paraaortic
• Unlike brachyurans, porcellanids retained the ability to swim by flapping their abdomen, armed with a well developed tail fan.2010, Alexandra Hiller, Carlos Antonio Viviana, Bernd Werding, “Hypercarcinisation: An Evolutionary Novelty in the Commensal Porcellanid…. From the entry carcinisation
• He recocked, fired again, and hit his adversary's abdomen.2007 December 17, Theo Emery, “Killed in a Duel, Then Lost in the Earth”, in New York Times. From the entry recock
• Mongolian spots occur mainly on the buttocks and lower back, and occasionally on the abdomen, thighs, and arms.1995, Theresa Overfield, Biological Variation in Health and Illness: Race, Age, and Sex Differences, page 13. From the entry Mongolian spot
• The external morphology of the terminal segments of the female abdomen of Piesma has given rise to various interpretations.1983, Ernst Heiss, Jean Péricart, “Revision of Palaearctic Piesmatida (Heteroptera)”, in Remigius Geiser, editor, Mitteilungen der…. From the entry misindicate
• The tungid female embeds itself into the skin of the host until just the end of the abdomen is exposed.1982, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Utah Mosquito Abatement Association, Volume 34, Parts 1981-1996, page 33. From the entry tungid
• When she offered resistance, one of the assailants took out a knife and stabbed her in the lower abdomen and legs.1979 December 15, “Two Assaulted in Bay Village in Separate Incidents”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 21, page 3. From the entry offer
• Hemelytral membranes small, not reaching apex of abdomen; costal margin of embolium rather evenly arcuate, hardly ampliate toward base.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of…. From the entry embolium
• That's the multi-function "hypodermic needle" at the end of the abdomen, and, in this instance, it doubles the length of the wasp to about 8cm.2019 September 15, Jonathan Amos, “Wasps: If you can't love them, at least admire them”, in BBC News. From the entry ovipositor
• The abdomen usually has a flattened anterior edge and its pattern, if present, lacks the folium of Xysticus and is much less structured.2017, Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith, Britain's Spiders: A Field Guide, page 371. From the entry folium
• The reservoirs are large; the acinous glands are deeply placed inside the abdomen and lie laterally on each side of the ovaries.2015 July 8, “Convergent Reduction of Ovariole Number Associated with Subterranean Life in Beetles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry mediotergites
• Although it takes slightly longer to perform than midline laparostomy, same principles of managing the open abdomen can be applied without additional equipment.2015 July 25, Federico Coccolini et al., “The open abdomen, indications, management and definitive closure”, in World Journal of Emergency…. From the entry laparostomy
• In the abdomen of a dream, a warm shirtlet bunched at his chest, thighs, and belly cool, one leg outside the covers to regulate temp.2014, Andrew Levine, Lullaby, page 15. From the entry shirtlet
• To identify specific abdominal structures or to refer to an area of pain, the abdomen may be divided into four quadrants or nine abdominal regions.2012, Sandra L. Hagen-Ansert, Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 121. From the entry abdominal region
• Easily identified by a red, orange or brownish stripe on the abdomen, Redbacks are responsible for by far the most spider bites in Australia.2007, Steve Backshall, Steve Backshall's Venom: Poisonous Animals in the Natural World, page 114. From the entry redback
• Gawande and a surgical resident, Siva Raja, proceeded to remove laparoscopically, after first inserting a fiber-optic camera through a tiny incision in the patient’s abdomen.2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times. From the entry laparoscopically
• A 9-month-old male infant, 8 kg, was referred to our hospital for a known BB in his abdomen, which had been misingested 5 days previously.2007 March, WJ Soong, YS Yuh, “Ingested button battery retrieved by a modified magnet endoscope”, in Journal of the Chinese Medical…. From the entry misingest
• Usually she crambles the sand particles with her mandibles and fore legs and sweeps it out backwards through the underside of her abdomen.1958, Fukui Daigaku. Kyōikugakubu, Memoirs: Natural science, page 30. From the entry cramble
• In front of them on the ventral surface is a pair of short dactylose processes, bluntly rounded at their tips; the abdomen is lacking.1932, Smithosonian Institution, “Copepods of the Woods Hole Region”, in Bulletin, volume 158, page 526. From the entry dactylose
• Dorsal outline of the posteriro region of abdomen showing honey-tube within which are small characcteristic bodies and a fine tube which resembles a trachea.1908 January, C. F. Jackson, “Notes on the Aphididae”, in Ohio Naturalist, volume 8, number 3, page 249. From the entry honey tube
• The Acrocerids are very curious and characteristic flies on account of their small head, large, bulbous thorax, inflated abdomen and large thoracic squamulae.1907, William Lundbeck, Diptera Danica: Genera and Species of Flies Hitherto Found in Denmark, G.E.C. Gad, →OCLC. From the entry acrocerid
• With similar color patterns and transparent abdomens, the Mashpi glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium mashpi) and the Nouns’ glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium nouns) look very similar to other members of its genus.2022 March 18, Mathew Burciaga, “Two endangered glass frogs discovered near Andean mining sites”, in Berkeley Rausser College of Natural…. From the entry Mashpi glass frog
• After CRS, but prior to intestinal anastomosis or repair of seromuscular tears, HIPEC was performed by installation of a heated chemoperfusate into the abdomen using the coliseum technique.2015 June 26, Yeqian Huang et al., “Effects of sex hormones on survival of peritoneal mesothelioma”, in World Journal of Surgical…. From the entry chemoperfusate

Meaning of abdomen

1. noun The fat surrounding the belly.
2. noun The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
3. noun The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

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How do you use abdomen in a sentence?

Abdomen is used as a noun. For example: “He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.”

What is a short sentence with abdomen?

“With a groan, he ejaculated on his abdomen.”

What does abdomen mean?

Abdomen means the fat surrounding the belly.