carinate abdomen

abdomen /ab·do·men/ (ab´dah-men) (ab-do´men) that part of the body lying between the thorax and the pelvis, and containing the abdominal cavity and viscera.

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acute abdomen  an acute intra-abdominal condition of abrupt onset, usually associated with pain due to inflammation, perforation, obstruction, infarction, or rupture of abdominal organs, and usually requiring emergency surgical intervention.

carinate abdomen , navicular abdomen scaphoid a.

abdomen obsti´pum  congenital shortness of the rectus abdominis muscle.

scaphoid abdomen  one whose anterior wall is hollowed, occurring in children with cerebral disease.

surgical abdomen  acute a.

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carinate abdomen

n.

A sloping of the sides of the abdomen with a prominence of the central line.