adverb
- in a manner relating to or affecting the abdomen
Usage: medical
Examples
- The patient was breathing abdominally rather than using his chest muscles.
- The surgery was performed abdominally through a small incision.
- She felt pain abdominally after eating the spicy food.
- The doctor examined the patient abdominally to check for tenderness.
- The medication is absorbed more quickly when taken abdominally.
- He was instructed to breathe abdominally during the relaxation exercise.