ABDOMINAL

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does abdominal mean? 

• ABDOMINAL (noun)
  The noun ABDOMINAL has 1 sense:

1. the muscles of the abdomen

  Familiarity information: ABDOMINAL used as a noun is very rare.

• ABDOMINAL (adjective)
  The adjective ABDOMINAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or near the abdomen

  Familiarity information: ABDOMINAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABDOMINAL (noun)

Meaning:

The muscles of the abdomen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

abdominal; abdominal muscle; ab

Hypernyms ("abdominal" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abdominal"):

abdominal external oblique muscle; external oblique muscle; musculus obliquus externus abdominis; oblique (a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso)

musculus transversalis abdominis; transverse muscle of abdomen; transversus abdominis; transversus abdominis muscle (a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity)

Holonyms ("abdominal" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)

• ABDOMINAL (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or relating to or near the abdomen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

abdominal muscles

Pertainym:

abdomen (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)