Word: stomachal
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...solid man who had a way with words. "He said I was old, fat, crazy and had no friends that were real friends. He said I needed him and he would take care of me." She says his care included threats with a knife, punches, a kick to the stomach that caused a hemorrhage. Navy doctors treated her for injuries to her neck and arm. "He'd slam me up against doors. He gave me black eyes, bruises. Winter and summer, I'd go to work like a Puritan, with long sleeves. Afterward he'd soothe...
...those box-lunch hockey boosters, Harvard put together some awfully tasty sandwiches--holiday leftovers that really filled the stomach...
Another student rumor--that a student can "sick out" of an exam by claiming to have a mental health problem, as opposed to a physical ailment like a stomach ache or headache--is true, said Catlin...
...metabolism is not so simple. The brain, consumer of about 20% of the body's energy, cannot burn fatty acids. It needs glucose, a form of sugar. And the major source of glucose in a starving body is protein. The first proteins to go are digestive enzymes in the stomach, pancreas and small intestine and nutrient-processing enzymes in the liver, no longer of much use anyway. Then the muscles begin to wither away, giving limbs a sticklike appearance...
...season where wins may be hard to come by, this loss was hard to stomach...