abdominallyadv.
/abˈdɒmᵻnl̩i/, /abˈdɒmᵻnəli/, /əbˈdɒmᵻnl̩i/, /əbˈdɒmᵻnəli/, U.S. /æbˈdɑmən(ə)li/, /əbˈdɑmən(ə)li/ In or with reference to the abdomen; in a manner that involves the abdomen.
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1831 D. Craigie Elements Anat. 26/2 The lungs..are inclosed without attachment, in a cavity formed by the ribs on each side, the diaphragm abdominally, and on the mesial plane by a membranous partition named mediastinum.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xxvi. 581 I am not thinking of starting a sanatorium for abdominally-afflicted Africans.
1907 Practitioner Dec. 845 Nothing definite was ever felt abdominally.
1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes viii. 87 In general appearance the larva resembles a tadpole; for, to the superficial observer, the most prominent feature is the yolk-sac carried abdominally.
1996 A. Walker & P. Shipman Wisdom of Bones xiii. 213 Professionally trained singers usually breathe abdominally..as a means of increasing their lung capacity and increasing their fine control over expiration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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