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a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically" (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves
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| diaphragmatic hernia |
hiatus hernia: hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm
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| diaphragmatic pleurisy |
epidemic pleurodynia: an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
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| diaphragmatic muscle |
diaphragma (def. 1).
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| diaphragm |
In the anatomy of mammals, the diaphragm is a shelf of muscle extending across the bottom of the ribcage. Its Latin name is the"transversus thoracis". It separates the thoracic cavity (with lung and heart) from the abdominal cavity (with liver, stomach, intestines, etc.). In relaxed state, the diaphragm is shaped like a dome. ...
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