Abdomen at Medical Glossary

What is it? area between the chest and the hips that contains the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen.

Medical Definition Added By: Peyton

Send To Friends!

If you'd like to send the Abdomen definition to yourself or to your friends/colleagues, just enter the e-mail addresses in the boxes below -

We hope you now understand the meaning of Abdomen. If you need any more information on this term, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Other Similar Medical Terms:

Medicine Term Ultrasound scanning is an imaging procedure used to examine internal organs in which high-frequency sound waves are passed into the body, reflected back, and used to build an image; also sometimes called sonography

Medicine Term Subtractive hybridization is A process that eliminates cDNAs shared by two libraries by hybridization. Unhybridized cDNAs represent RNAs that are differentially expressed in one library.

Medicine Term Phagocytosis is An endocytic process based on the extension of cellular pseudopods that engulf target cells and tissue debris, forming phagosomes. Subsequent fusion with lysosomes generates phagolysosomes and results in the digestion of the particles.

Medicine Term Chomosome painting is The identification of chromosomes using combinatorially labeled fluorescent chromosomal probes in a wide array of colors. The chromosomal painting probes specifically hybridize with chromosome sequences and identify known bands.

Medicine Term Indian rhubarb is Rheum palmatum or Rheum officinale. The root of this plant has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems. It may have anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects. Also called rhubarb, da-huang, Chinese rhubarb, and Turkish rhubarb.