diaphragm

I couldn’t speak or do anything other than force up my lines using my diaphragm alone.

"In other words, air had been injected into her stomach. That interferes with your ability to move your diaphragm up and down, and that interferes with your breathing," he said.

That, in turn, causes them to “asphyxiate because their diaphragm has too much pressure on it.”

Scientists estimate that up to 80% of cancer patients suffer from the condition, where the body relentlessly eats away at itself until organs such as the heart and diaphragm stop working.

She had just performed the second of two shows at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, swaying in a dark blue gown in front of a 20-piece string orchestra, her hands knitted over her diaphragm.