TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transversus abdominis mean? 

• TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS (noun)
  The noun TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS has 1 sense:

1. a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity

  Familiarity information: TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

musculus transversalis abdominis; transverse muscle of abdomen; transversus abdominis; transversus abdominis muscle

Hypernyms ("transversus abdominis" is a kind of...):

ab; abdominal; abdominal muscle (the muscles of the abdomen)

 Context examples 

Any of the muscles of the abdomen that comprise the abdominal wall; these muscles include the rectus abdominis, the external and internal oblique muscles, the transversus abdominis, and the quadratus abdominis.

(Abdominal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)