TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transversus abdominis muscle mean? 

• TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE 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 MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE (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 muscle" is a kind of...):

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