See Also: Acute abdomen(health)
acute abdomen(medicine)
abdomen, acute(medicine)
Abdomen(health)
abdomen(dictionary)
abdomen(medicine)
abdomen(dictionary)
pendulous abdomen(medicine)
navicular abdomen(medicine)
carinate abdomen(medicine)

sadism (iou) and acute abdomen (medicine)


sadism (iou)



sadism noun. L19.

The condition or state of deriving (esp. sexual) pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, humiliation, etc.; colloq. enjoyment of cruelty to others. Cf. MASOCHISM.
sadic adjective = SADISTIC adjective E20.

acute abdomen (medicine)


acute abdomen


Any serious acute intra-abdominal condition (such as appendicitis) attended by pain, tenderness, and muscular rigidity, and for which emergency surgery must be considered.

Synonym: surgical abdomen.