abdominal

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ab=dom=i=nal

CIDE DICTIONARY

abdominal, a. [Cf. F. abdominal.].

•  Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.  [1913 Webster]

Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also inguinal ring.

abdominal, n. 

 A fish of the group Abdominales.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

abdominal

anal, appendical, big-bellied, cardiac, cecal, celiac, colic, colonic, coronary, duodenal, enteric, gastric, ileac, intestinal, jejunal, mesogastric, pyloric, rectal, splanchnic, stomachal, stomachic, ventral, ventricular, visceral

ROGET THESAURUS

abdominal

Interiority

N interiority, inside, interior, interspace, subsoil, substratum, intrados, contents, substance, pith, marrow, backbone, heart, bosom, breast, abdomen, vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap, penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses, cave, interior, internal, inner, inside, inward, intraregarding, inmost, innermost, deep seated, gut, intestine, intestinal, inland, subcutaneous, abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic, interstitial, inwrought, inclosed, home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular, endemic, internally, inwards, within, in, inly, here in, there in, where in, ab intra, withinside, in doors, within doors, at home, in the bosom of one's family.