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Displacements which would be conspicuous in stars might easily escape detection in ill-defined, hazy masses.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

Displacements of the abdominal viscera are almost invariably accompanied by symptoms of dyspepsia of a neurotic type.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Displacements and flexions of the uterus also cause sterility.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)

Displacements of the kidney anteriorly are very rare.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Displacements downwards of the stomach and transverse colon, along with a movable right kidney and associated with dyspepsia and neurasthenia, form the malady termed by Gl�nard enteroptosis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various