abdominal quadrant

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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

abdominal quadrant (plural abdominal quadrants)

  1. (medicine, usually plural only) Rough divisions of the abdominal cavity formed by placing the umbilicus at the center of the horizontal and vertical dividing lines.

References

  • Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 1