abdominal guarding

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A spasm of the abdominal wall muscles to protect inflamed abdominal viscera from pressure; it usually results from inflammation of the peritoneal surface as in appendicitis, or generalized peritonitis, and is detectable on palpation.

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abdominal angina, abdominal cavity, abdominal crunch, abdominal external oblique muscle, abdominal fissure, abdominal guarding, abdominal hernia, abdominal hysterectomy, abdominal hysterotomy, abdominal internal oblique muscle, abdominal muscle deficiency syndrome

Example sentences from the Web for abdominal guarding

Most female peshmerga fighters were tasked with staffing checkpoints and guarding bases alongside their male counterparts.
Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass|Susannah George|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kocurek now works 12-hour shifts as a night watchman guarding the entrance to a drilling patch.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For the entire duration of the hours I spent inside San Pedro I noticed my abdominal muscles remained perpetually clenched.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre Prison|Jason Batansky|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The code would also be told to security agents guarding the site.
Britain’s Nuke-Proof Underground City|Nina Strochlic|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It required jealously guarding my time against all encroachments, and not picking up my cellphone when it rang.
Mark Twain, Writing Coach and Role Model|Ben Tarnoff|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There were but five hundred men guarding the important post of Jefferson City.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
This storm blew them off their intended course to two capes which appeared guarding a huge bay.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
The French windows of the library might be the one avenue of escape which McGinty's thinly spread men were not guarding.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Again they started on the run, and did not stop until they were halted by the picket guarding the road.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Let us join together silently in guarding Maude's good name, and in burying the past.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood

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