transverse muscle of abdomen

1. 1.

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

   Synonymstransversus abdominis musclemusculus transversalis abdoministransversus abdominis

   Broaderabdominal

Questions about transverse muscle of abdomen

What does transverse muscle of abdomen mean?

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

What is another word for transverse muscle of abdomen?

Close synonyms include transversus abdominis muscle, musculus transversalis abdominis, transversus abdominis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transverse muscle of abdomen a common word?

transverse muscle of abdomen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.