The surgeon made a 'transverse' incision across her abdomen.
cut 'transversely' into sections
(..) This man ate till he burst? He didn't really burst. Not all the way. He was hemorrhaging internally. There was a hematoma in the rectus and... - the transverse abdominous muscles. - He did die by eating? Yes and no. What about these bruises here? I haven't figured that out yet. (..)1995 Se7en