abdomen
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Teddy's tumour was so large it filled his entire abdomen, pressing on his organs and making it hard for him to eat or even breathe, and the cancer had spread to his bone marrow.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Sarah felt a mass in his abdomen and was first told "it was just faeces".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
For the mouse experiments, the researchers placed the mini livers in fatty tissue within the abdomen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Some specimens preserve flap-like structures on the abdomen resembling features seen in modern crustaceans such as lobsters, raising the possibility that the giant scorpion could move between water and land.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
It might resemble a great, bloated abdomen bristling with legs, but the proportions were wrong.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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