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A needle with a ring round it, so that it can only be pushed a specific distance into the body. A surgical needle with a shank that has a protruding collar to stop it when the needle has been pushed a prescribed distance into the tissue. A stop needle has the eye at the tip.…

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.