diaphragm
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There’s the ‘outside skirt steak,’ which actually hangs inside the cow’s diaphragm. — Ben Mims, latimes.com, "The best insider tips for grilling beef this summer," 26 June 2019 She was tightly wrapped around her diaphragm when released from the hospital on a Wednesday. — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, "Meet Semira Killebrew — the fastest teenage girl in Indiana history," 20 June 2019 Doctors discovered Levi suffered multiple traumatic injuries, including a tear to his small bowel and hemorrhages to his liver and diaphragm. — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, "Judge sentences St. Paul man to 15 years for beating child to death in case she calls ‘stunning’," 13 June 2019 The EN700 Pro has a 10-millimeter driver in each earpiece with an N50 high magnetic composite moving-coil transducer with a polymer composite titanium-plated diaphragm. — Jim Rossman, The Seattle Times, "Tech review: Simgot in-ear monitors offer great sound and a great price," 13 Apr. 2019 The ultra-thin 16-micrometer diaphragm inside the CL2s is part of the most compact planar magnetic driver that’s ever been released, which took RHA four years to develop. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, "RHA announces in-ear planar magnetic earphones with wireless option," 23 Aug. 2018 One easy method: applying sanitizing foam to the stethoscope’s diaphragm—the part that touches a patient’s skin—after using it on their own hands. — Lucette Lagnado, WSJ, "Hospitals Step Up the War on Superbugs," 8 Sep. 2018 Her analysis found that some of the stethoscopes’ diaphragms were rife with bacteria, including the superbug MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which can lead to fatal antibiotic-resistant infections. — Lucette Lagnado, WSJ, "Hospitals Step Up the War on Superbugs," 8 Sep. 2018 Patton carefully examined the smooth, curved upper surface of the diaphragm. — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, "The Woman Was Fit and Healthy. Why Did Her Lung Mysteriously Collapse?," 28 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'diaphragm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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