acute abdomen

acute abdomen
acute abdomen n an acute internal abdominal condition requiring immediate operation

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an emergency surgical condition caused by damage to one or more abdominal organs following injury or disease. The patient is in severe pain and often in shock. Perforation of a peptic ulcer or a severely infected appendix, or rupture of the liver or spleen following a crushing injury, all produce an acute abdomen requiring urgent treatment.

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any abdominal condition of abrupt onset, usually with pain, due to inflammation, perforation, obstruction, infarction, or rupture of intra-abdominal organs; emergency surgical intervention is usually required. Called also surgical a.

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