abdominal quadrant
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
abdominal quadrant (plural abdominal quadrants)
- (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