Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- On or in the abdomen; toward the abdomen.
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Examples
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Relationships between changes in abdominal fat distribution and insulin sensitivity during a very low calorie diet in abdominally obese men and women.
The 17 Day Diet Dr. Mike Moreno 2010
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Faring better is abdominally gifted Mike Sorrentino.
Update: "Jersey Shore" gang has trouble trademarking their nicknames -- but what about "GTL"? 2010
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I've just read this BBC article that claims 1. 2million Scots are abdominally obese.
We're all a bunch of fatties Jeff 2007
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His Wunda Chair flips from the abdominally assaulting spring action device into a unexpectedly impressive seat that forces proper posture in the most unassuming way.
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And, if I wanted to keep it, he wouldn't be able to do the surgery laporascopically as planned; he'd have to perform the surgery abdominally, the old-fashioned way.
Allison Gilbert: 13 Days and Counting: My Journey to Prevent Ovarian Cancer 2008
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A group of 88 abdominally obese subjects were randomized into two equal groups.
Low-carbs and lipids | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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In a 1997 installation in Los Angeles, Gober's use of a concrete figure of the Virgin Mary (custom-made for him by a garden-statuary company), abdominally pierced by a bronze replica of a culvert pipe, won him critical praise for wrestling with his lapsed faith, and a perhaps predictable condemnation by a spokesman for the L.A. Archdiocese.
Our Man In Venice 2007
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If a hysterectomy is suggested, ask if the procedure can be done vaginally or laparoscopically instead of abdominally.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Hysterectomies are done vaginally, abdominally, or through a combination of these routes with a laparoscope.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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If a hysterectomy is suggested, ask if the procedure can be done vaginally or laparoscopically instead of abdominally.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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