Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
abbreviation
ABC (1)
ABC (2)
abcoulomb
ABCs
ABD
abdicate
abdomen
abdominal breathing
abducens nerve
abduct
abductor
abeam
abecedarian
abed
Abednego
abeer
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

abdominal breathing
ab·dom·i·nal breath·ing


noun 
Definition:
 
breathing that includes abdominal muscles: breathing supplemented by abdominal wall muscles that compress the contents of the abdomen and indirectly raise the diaphragm
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft