transabdominal

adjective

trans·​ab·​dom·​i·​nal ˌtran(t)s-ab-ˈdä-mə-nᵊl  ˌtranz-əb-ˈdäm-nᵊl 

medical

: passing through or performed by passing through the abdomen or the abdominal wall

transabdominal amniocentesis

Transabdominal ultrasonography … may detect only 50% of common bile duct stones ….

—Kimberly M. Persley

Examples of transabdominal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Each year, the transabdominal cerclage program at the University of Chicago Medicine helps between 200-250 women who have cervical insufficiency. —Dallas News, 24 June 2021

Henderson successfully amended the legislation to prohibit the use of transvaginal ultrasounds under the bill, a more invasive procedure than transabdominal ultrasounds. —Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

transabdominal

adjective

trans·​ab·​dom·​i·​nal ˌtran(t)s-ab-ˈdäm-ən-ᵊl  ˌtranz-əb-ˈdäm-nᵊl 

: passing through or performed by passing through the abdomen or the abdominal wall

transabdominal amniocentesis