abdominal respiration

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Breathing that occurs primarily by the action of the diaphragm.

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For the entire duration of the hours I spent inside San Pedro I noticed my abdominal muscles remained perpetually clenched.
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The 31-year-old nun began to feel severe abdominal cramps on Wednesday and gave birth just a few hours later.
Nun Names Surprise Baby After Pope Francis|The Telegraph|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And some reptiles add a fourth function to the overworked cloacal repository–that of respiration as well.
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I had to have major abdominal surgery, and they said, ‘You can't hold your baby.’
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The cancer was detected during an abdominal scan in October 2003, as Fortune magazine reported in a 2008 cover story.
Jobs’s Unorthodox Treatment|Sharon Begley|October 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
From higher up, at the level of the hidden bed, came the regular plaintive respiration of Sarah Gailey.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
It is produced abundantly when vegetable matters are burnt, as also during respiration, fermentation, and many other processes.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
On examining the respiration and pulse, I have never been able to detect any characteristic abnormality.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy|Alexander Hughes Bennett
His eyes are closed, and from the parted lips there issues the regular respiration of sound sleep.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
He saw the tenseness of the abdominal organs, felt the blind fear in the creature's mind.
Insidekick|Jesse Franklin Bone