transabdominal
adjective
trans·ab·dom·i·nal
ˌtran(t)s-ab-ˈdä-mə-nᵊl 
ˌtranz-əb-ˈdäm-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
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Each year, the transabdominal cerclage program at the University of Chicago Medicine helps between 200-250 women who have cervical insufficiency.
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Henderson successfully amended the legislation to prohibit the use of transvaginal ultrasounds under the bill, a more invasive procedure than transabdominal ultrasounds.
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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
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transabdominal
adjective
trans·ab·dom·i·nal
ˌtran(t)s-ab-ˈdäm-ən-ᵊl
ˌtranz-əb-ˈdäm-nᵊl
ˌtranz-əb-ˈdäm-nᵊl
: passing through or performed by passing through the abdomen or the abdominal wall
transabdominal amniocentesis
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