The abrupt (acute) onset of abdominal pain. A potential
medical emergency, an acute abdomen may reflect a major problem with one of the
organs in the abdomen such as the appendix (being inflamed = appendicitis), the
gallbladder (inflamed = cholecystitis), the intestine (an ulcer that has perforated),
the spleen (that has ruptured), etc. The term "acute abdomen" is medical shorthand.
It has nonetheless come into common usage in medical parlance.
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