abdomen
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In one experiment, the drug was injected into the abdomen so it could have effects throughout the body.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
She describes it as if "heated barbed wire" were wrapped around her abdomen: "It's like my organs are being pulled apart."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Doctors partially exposed his mother's womb and then gently pushed his organs back inside his abdomen using keyhole surgery.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Using keyhole surgery, Theo's organs were then gently pushed back inside his abdomen, which was stitched closed.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Above him, in the dimness, a nine-foot-long queen bee, with multiple eyes and golden fuzz on her abdomen, curls across the ceiling.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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