abdomen

Example Sentences

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After an 11-hour surgery last September, Etta needed to be ventilated and her abdomen covered with a mesh as it couldn't be fully closed due to swelling, but she now has a healthy liver.

From BBC

Emergency general surgery treats sudden, serious conditions in the abdomen and elsewhere that threaten life, organs, or tissue.

From BBC

Nearly half of the caesaereans - when the baby is delivered by surgeons cutting into the mother's abdomen and womb - were planned in advance.

From BBC

The baby had grown inside Lopez’s abdomen and pushed the large cyst forward.

From Los Angeles Times

Visceral fat refers to the fat stored deep in the abdomen around key internal organs.

From Science Daily