abdominal region

English edit

abdominal region (plural abdominal regions)

(anatomy) One of the nine areas that the abdomen is divided into.^[1]
- 2012, Sandra L. Hagen-Ansert, Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography‎^[1], Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 121:
  To identify specific abdominal structures or to refer to an area of pain, the abdomen may be divided into four quadrants or nine abdominal regions.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see abdominal,‎ region.
- 2011 August 5, Brian Seaward, The Art of Peace and Relaxation Workbook‎^[2], Jones & Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 228:
  When you feel ready, slowly exhale, allowing the air to move comfortably from your abdominal region up through the top of your head.

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2