1. 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.