navicular abdomen

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A condition in which the anterior abdominal wall is sunken, having a concave rather than a convex contour.scaphoid abdomen

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

But even I have my share of patients with chronic pain of some kind, be it in the abdomen or head or back.
DEA's Painkiller Crackdown Too Little, Too Late?|Russell Saunders|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The tight fit also restricts your abdomen, reducing your food intake during the day.
Waist Training: Can You Cinch Your Waist Thin?|DailyBurn|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sick sister was healed after relics from John XXIII were placed on the fistula on her abdomen.
Popes, Saints, Miracles, Weird Relics and Odd Omens Converge on Rome|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two bullets lodged in his abdomen and he was taken to the hospital for surgery.
The Man Syria’s Jihadists Want Dead|Patrick Hilsman|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A WWII re-enactor is brought into the hospital when a homemade bazooka backfires and leaves an unexploded grenade in his abdomen.
11 Wacky, Moving, Memorable ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Moments (VIDEO)|Chancellor Agard|October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The body is very convex:, having the thorax as wide as the abdomen, subquadrate, with very convex sides.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The head and thorax are of the colour of the wings, their sides and the conical abdomen being rather lighter.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The Semangs of Malacca are jet-black in color, with thick lips, flat nose, and protruding abdomen.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
Some slight injury in the abdomen, as from a blow or a kick, may precipitate an attack in predisposed individuals.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
I found him extremely unwell, with what I conceived to be a dropsy, for his abdomen was very much swollen.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3)|Elliott Coues