abdomen

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I was staring up at the ceiling in the darkness when Guy Yocom, my roommate, sat up abruptly in his bed and announced: "Abdomen of a hamster," and then fell back down.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 9, 2020

The clysters of fixed air always diminished the tension of the Abdomen, abated flatulence, and made the patient more easy and composed for some time after their injection.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph

Abdomen of the male with the last joint pointed, and a slender incurved hook beneath; the valves large, attenuated and hooked.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Abdomen distended, hard, and sensitive, the dilated bladder extending a few fingers’ breadth above the symphysis.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles

It is a kind of Dropsy that forms the Tumour or Swelling of the Abdomen or lower Belly, by a Mass of Water.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel