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Pronunciation and Grammar: Speak Method| Watch Video Many children suffer from abdominal pain. They complain of bellyaches and doctors try various treatments without success. This has become known as functional abdominal pain which means recurrent stomachaches with no anatomic, metabolic, infectious, inflammatory or neoplastic disorder. Scientists are now learning that some children may have an especially sensitive nervous system which causes them to be very aware of any distention in the abdomen. Unfortunately, doctors have not yet learned how to deal with this difficulty. |
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| Noun Form |
Adjective Form |
Meaning |
| abdomen
(AB-do-men) |
abdominal
(ub-DAH-mi-nul) or (ab-DAH-mi-nul)* |
the area of the stomach |
| anatomy
(uh-NA-du-mee) |
anatomic
(an-uh-TAH-mic) |
the structure of the body |
| metabolism
(me-TA-bu-li-zum) |
metabolic
(me-duh-BAH-lik) |
the total of processes in living things which result in energy, growth and waste |
| inflammation
(in-fluh-MA-shun) |
inflammatory
(in-FLAM-uh-tor-ee) |
heat, pain, swelling and redness |
| neoplasm
(NEE-oh-pla-zum) |
neoplastic
(nee-oh-PLAS-tik) |
a tumor |
| distension
(dis-TEN-shun) |
meaning is: a swelling or expansion |
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