ABDOMINAL

ABDOM'INAL, adjective Pertaining to the lower belly.ABDOM'INAL, noun plural abdominals. In ichthyology the abdominals are a class of fish whose ventral fins are placed behind the pectoral, and which belong to the division of bony fish. The class contains nine genera - the loche, salmon, pike, argentine, atherine, mullet, flying fish, herring and carp.ABDOM'INAL RING, or INGUINAL RING, an oblong tendinous ring in both groins through which pass the spermatic cord in men, and the round ligaments of the uterus in women.

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abdominal. Abdominal, a. belonging to the lower belly

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Ab‐dom″i‐nal (�), a. [[Cf. F. abdominal.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; — called also inguinal ring.