fundus

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Arepally said he used a chemical called sodium morrhuate to kill tissue in specific blood vessels leading to the fundus, at the top of the stomach.

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  1. noun Anatomy The portion of a hollow organ opposite or farthest from its opening.

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  • An estimated 90 percent of the body's ghrelin originates in the fundus, which can't make the hormone without a good blood supply. —  Scientific Blogging
  • An estimated 90 per cent of the body's ghrelin originates in the fundus, which, without good blood supply, can't synthesise the hormone. —  The Times of India
  • Arepally said he used a chemical called sodium morrhuate to kill tissue in specific blood vessels leading to the fundus, at the top of the stomach. —  The Times of India
  • In this procedure, blood vessels connecting the stomach and the fundus are disintegrated by a chemical known as sodium morrhuate. —  Scientific Blogging
  • Then I started to "rub up a contraction": This is when one hand is placed over the top end of the uterus, the fundus, near the umbilicus and the other hand, usually the right one, is placed in the vagina against the uterus and the two fists are squeezed together creating a contraction. —  Nicholas D. Kristof
 

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