| 单词 | prune belly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprune belly prune belly n. Medicine the congenital absence of the muscles of the wall of the abdomen, resulting in a wrinkled appearance of the belly; an abdomen exhibiting this; (more fully prune belly syndrome) a syndrome characterized by this and other malformations, esp. of the urogenital tract, seen chiefly in boys. ΚΠ 1967 D. I. Williams & G. V. Burkholder in Jrnl. Urol. 98 244 (title) The prune belly syndrome. 1967 Jrnl. Urol. 98 244/1 The term prune belly is a short and descriptive name sometimes applied to patients with congenital absence of the abdominal muscle. 1990 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Aug. 16/2 Children with no muscles in their abdominal walls are said to have prune bellies. 2004 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 28 Apr. a3/3 The two youngest children were born with..Prune Belly Syndrome. It's an abnormality characterized by lack of abdominal muscles causing the skin of the belly to wrinkle like a prune. < as lemmas |
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