(n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
(n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
Example Sentences:
(1) Findings on plain X-ray of the abdomen, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicate that the two communities studied are similar but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion are significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis.
(2) The rational surgical methods of treatment in 85 patients with suppurative hepatic echinococcosis penetrating into the abdomen cavity are presented.
(3) Chest and biceps circumferences increased 4.2% and 3.1%, respectively; abdomen and thigh circumferences did not significantly change; body fat decreased 16.8%; and body mass increased 2.3%.
(4) Duplex and color Doppler sonography have become indispensable for evaluating the major vessels of the abdomen.
(5) A 33-year old woman was admitted with high fever and excruciating pain in the lower right abdomen that had lasted on and off for months.
(6) In conclusion, a zipper technique has been outlined that allows effective continuing drainage of the septic abdomen, permits early diagnosis of organ damage, is rapid and cost effective, minimizes ventilator dependency and gastrointestinal complications, is well tolerated by the patients, and has produced a modest 65 per cent survival rate in the first 34 critically ill patients in whom it was used.
(7) As for possible causes of reduced Leydig cell activity it was investigated whether the testis was (1) hypoplastic; (2) abnormally fused with the epididymis; (3) located in the abdomen; (4) or UT was associated with hypospadias.
(8) The clinical presentation is that of an acute abdomen.
(9) The rapidity of obtaining the results (within one hour), the complete absence of untoward reactions to the radiopharmaceuticals, the much lower frequency of subtle or indeterminate results, the ability to render useful information in the presence of moderate jaundice and the lack of interference from overlying intestinal contents establishes these radionuclide agents as superior to both radiographic oral and intravenous cholangiography in the investigation of the acute abdomen.
(10) Regarding space occupying lesions in the abdomen angiography is an aid in diagnosis and differential diagnosis and provides information on the curability.
(11) The characteristic signs and symptoms represent the triad of a pulsatile mass in the upper part of the abdomen, intermittent hemorrhage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract and severe epigastralgia not relieved by antacids.
(12) There are two sites for transplantation, which are the submamma and the upper lateral region of abdomen.
(13) We analysed the plain abdomen and chest films of 62 patients with this disease.
(14) Contrast media in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis are applied for various purposes; different substances and forms of application must be distinguished.
(15) In all series of experiments multidimensional statistical analysis allowed one to reveal the effect conducive to a relative decrease in the blood content in the brain, myocardium, lungs, liver and to its increase in some abdominal organs, skin, muscle and bone tissues of the extremities, abdomen and pelvis.
(16) The lesion has occurred in many sites, but is commonest in the thorax (60%), abdomen (11%), neck (14%), and axilla (4%).
(17) The remaining patients had vague pains, tender abdomen, constitutional symptoms or a mass in the abdomen.
(18) In 25 patients, small cell lung cancer was staged prospectively with both conventional staging and a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol that included 1.5-T MR imaging of the pelvis, abdomen, spine, and brain.
(19) Laparoscopy with artificial ascites creates a larger space between organs and makes an accurate inspection of the entire intra-peritoneal abdomen possible.
(20) No evidence of lymphomatous involvement of lymph nodes and non-lymphoid organs was found by CT scan, ultrasound echography and gallium scan of the chest and abdomen.
Tummy
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) You aren't worried about the cellulite on your thighs or your tummy not being flat.
(2) Once you have met someone who gives you tummy flips you certainly don't want to go back to a world without them.
(3) His little tummy just heaved and heaved until he stopped.
(4) She has a flat tummy and slender arms and her eyes seem to be wider than her ankles.
(5) We used to associate wealth with a big tummy and had the idea that if you were skinny you were not doing well,” he told me.
(6) But for whatever reason (I like to think it's because the last feast gave Her Majesty a gippy tummy and Prince Philip refuses to spend another night holding her hair back) this isn't the case.
(7) And so I've been patting a tummy I didn't have a few weeks ago, and wondering what to do about it.
(8) But at the moment, unless he says something to the contrary, he does look as if he is curled up right there, being gently stroked on the PM's tummy.
(9) We refused to eat the bulgur though, because it gives you a runny tummy; and if you have a runny tummy and are in an isolation zone they will definitely say you have Ebola and may take you away.
(10) Next time you see a pack of schoolchildren being dragged around Trafalgar Square, look at how they wear their rucksacks: they all wear them on their tummies.
(11) Putin then lifted the T-shirt of a small boy and “kissed him on the tummy”, Robin Tam QC, the counsel to the inquiry, told the high court on Monday.
(12) "I had beer, Claire had wine, and Alan had fizzy pop, but it all got mixed up in my tummy and I was sick on the bus home.
(13) On the eve of our staycation my daughter got a temperature and was up all night saying her tummy hurt.
(14) There was no official word on the happy event, only speculation sparked by the sudden absence of his wife's swollen tummy at a public appearance on New Year's Day.
(15) His tummy was tiny, his rib cage protruding and his spine was clearly visible all the way down his back.
(16) Skin folds under her tummy became chafed and sore, and sometimes developed infections.
(17) A transcript of the recording read out to the inquiry, and included in Atkins' earlier written witness statement , mentioned stories including "one of Girls Aloud having a boob job; Hugh Grant having a face tuck, Rhys Ifans having a tummy tuck and Guy Ritchie having a chemical peel".
(18) Her voice was superlative, soaring above even the rustle of chocolate wrappers and the rumbling of tummies waiting for the first batch of smoked salmon sandwiches.
(19) Various epithets used to describe this illness include GI trots, Aden gut, Barsa belly, Turkey trot, Delhi belly, Hongkong dog, Montezuma's revenge, gyppsy tummy and turista.
(20) The robotic cat, who travels back in time from the 22nd century, has an array of futuristic gadgets tucked away in a "fourth-dimensional" bottomless pocket on his tummy.