(a.) Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
(a.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
(n.) A fish of the group Abdominales.
Example Sentences:
(1) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(2) In conclusion, abdominal Marlex-mesh rectopexy can be recommended as safe and effective treatment for rectal prolapse, despite some patients developing constipation and some remaining incontinent.
(3) Anaerobes, in particular Bacteroides spp., are the predominant bacteria present in mixed intra-abdominal infections, yet their critical importance in the pathogenicity of these infections is not clearly defined.
(4) To estimate the age of onset of these differences, and to assess their relationship to abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size, we measured adiposity, adipocyte size, and glucose and insulin concentrations during a glucose tolerance test in lean (less than 20% body fat), prepubertal children from each race.
(5) These are rare tumours comparable to abdominal desmoid tumours.
(6) Symptoms, particularly colicky abdominal pain, improved during the period of chelation therapy.
(7) The present retrospective study reports the results of a survey conducted on 130 patients given elective abdominal and urinary surgery together with the cultivation of routine intraperitoneal drainage material.
(8) An innovative magnetic resonance imaging technique was applied to the measurement of blood flow in the abdominal aorta.
(9) The superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta made the mean angle of 35.5 degree in patients with normal left renal vein, the mean angle of 45.4 degrees in those with left renal vein compression without nutcracker phenomenon, and the mean angle of 11.9 degrees in those with nutcracker phenomenon.
(10) For the second propositus, a woman presenting with abdominal and psychiatric manifestations, the age of onset was 38 years; the acute attack had no recognizable cause; she had mild skin lesions and initially was incorrectly diagnosed as intermittent acute porphyria; the diagnosis of variegate porphyria was only established at the age of 50 years.
(11) Metastatic tumors of the small bowel from extra-abdominal sites are rare.
(12) It was considered worthwhile to report this case due to the problems which arose concerning the choice of a thoracic rather than abdominal route owing to the impossibility of associating cardiomyotomy with anti-reflux plastica surgery because of the reduced dimensions of the stomach.
(13) A patient with abdominal discomfort and hematemesis was found to have lower esophageal inflammation on endoscopy.
(14) The computer tomographic appearances of lesions of parenchymatous organs following blunt abdominal trauma are described in 13 patients (five liver, four renal, two splenic and two pancreatic injuries).
(15) Cholecystectomy provided successful treatment in three of the four patients but the fourth was too ill to undergo an operation; in general, definitive treatment is cholecystectomy, together with excision of the fistulous tract if this takes a direct path through the abdominal wall from the gallbladder, or curettage if the course is devious.
(16) The results obtained on fat cell membranes from abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue demonstrated the following.
(17) Persons with clinical abdominal findings, shock, altered sensorium, and severe chest injuries after blunt trauma should undergo the procedure.
(18) In view of its infrequent and vague presentation, care is required to avoid overlooking the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis, particularly in the immigrant population.
(19) All four active treatment groups also experienced significantly more relief of pelvic-abdominal pain compared with placebo: piroxicam 40 mg for two days followed by three days of 20 mg (p = 0.002), piroxicam 40 mg for one day followed by four days of 20 mg (p = 0.023), piroxicam 20 mg for five days (p = 0.012), and ibuprofen (p = 0.011).
(20) Polypropylene mesh was used to repair the abdominal wall.
Pathognomonic
Definition:
(a.) Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom.
Example Sentences:
(1) Focal biliary cirrhosis is the pathognomonic hepatic lesion and is present in 25-30% of CF patients, most of whom are asymptomatic.
(2) We have not discovered any specific EUS finding(s) that are pathognomonic for pancreatic cancer or chronic pancreatitis.
(3) In certain diseases, the morphologic alterations are characteristic and pathognomonic.
(4) More than a decade of study of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) has gradually shown a pathognomonic pattern of abnormalities, probably reflecting spreading cortical depression.
(5) The changes are distinctive and pathognomonic, but the effects of therapy (vitamin D) have not yet been ascertained.
(6) Because of the nonspecific nature of symptoms produced and absence of pathognomonic findings by physical examination or by routine laboratory testing, its recognition is difficult and its true incidence is unknown.
(7) Although there are no pathognomonic symptoms, signs, or radiological appearances of intracranial tuberculomas, a high index of suspicion should always be entertained during the investigation of non-European immigrants.
(8) Periodic acid-Schiff-positive, diastase resistant, intracytoplasmic crystals, pathognomonic for alveolar soft-part sarcoma, were present.
(9) The retinal lesions observed in primary hyperoxaluria appear to be pathognomonic for hyperoxalaemia.
(10) Importantly, although not pathognomonic, the high-resolution CT finding of centrilobular, peribronchiolar, indistinct nodules should suggest the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
(11) Although these splenic features are not pathognomonic for abscesses, they can be correlated with other incidental abdominal sonographic findings and the presenting clinical symptoms, can direct percutaneous needle punctures and can enable a prompt diagnosis.
(12) However, whether these changes are specific or pathognomonic to any disease(s) remains to be solved.
(13) A knowledge of the pathognomonic features may lead to early detection and treatment.
(14) Angiomyolipomas produce pathognomonic appearances on modern imaging methods and a tissue diagnosis is no longer required particularly when multiple tubers can be confidently diagnosed and if a CT brain scan shows periventricular calcifications.
(15) In Hellmer's original article and all cases subsequently reported, this appearance was described as being pathognomonic of intraperitoneal fluid.
(16) The fine morphology of hematoxylin bodies--structures which, by light microscopy, are considered to be pathognomonic for systemic lupus erythematosus--is described in renal glomeruli.
(17) Thus pancreatic calcifications, which are virtually pathognomonic for chronic pancreatitis, were found exclusively in the group with chronic nephropathy due to analgesic abuse.
(18) Gas patterns in the portal and umbilical vessels are unique and pathognomonic.
(19) Pathognomonic signs were pain behind the lateral femoral condyle on palpation and compression of the fabella and also on passive extension of the knee.
(20) These findings may be considered pathognomonic for enchondromatosis (Ollier's disease).