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A position where especially the top of your back is bent forward.  

Totally deaf.  

An ulcer in the region of the jejunum.  

Referring to a stoma.  

A slight infection of the stomach.  

A tube passed into the stomach to wash it out or to take samples of the contents. A soft rubber or plastic tube with rounded end, and usually about 75 cm (30 inches) in length, which is used for washing out the stomach when it contains some poisonous material. A narrower tube, 90 cm (36…

An instrument for sucking out the contents of the stomach, e.g. to extract a poison that has been swallowed. A pump designed for evacuating the contents of, or rinsing, the stomach.  

A sharp spasm of the stomach muscles.  

Any opening into a cavity in the body. The mouth. Opening or pore on the surface, especially a surgically created opening of an internal organ on the surface of the body, as in colostomy or tracheostomy. An artificially created opening on the surface of the body, such as a colostomy or tracheostomy. A surgically created…