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Word: distensione (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

In the "S" Bend. Though the colon averages 5 ft. in length, the vast majority of diverticula are found in its last 15 inches, known as the sigmoid colon be cause it bends in an S shape from the lower end of the descending colon to the upper part of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Little Bypaths | 12/22/1958 | See Source »

Dr. Robertson had a lot of men & women in his office complaining of indigestion before he noticed something odd. Nearly all the symptoms (acidity, distension, belching, nausea, vomiting) might be alike, but there was one consistent difference: the men had pain from the beginning of their illness, the women had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rejection Dyspepsia | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

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