The foreign body stuck inside the dog's stomach was only able to be removed after a very long surgery; it turned out to be a bottle cap.
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Foreign-body Sentence Examples
Again, if more than 2% of carbon is present, it passes readily into the state of pure graphitic carbon, which, in itself soft and weak, weakens and embrittles the metal as any foreign body would, by breaking up its continuity.
If this carbon is all present as graphite, so that in cooling the graphite-austenite diagram has been followed strictly (§ 26), the constitution is extremely simple; clearly the mass consists first of a metallic matrix, the carbonless iron itself with whatever silicon, manganese, phosphorus and sulphur happen to be present, in short an impure ferrite, encased in which as a wholly distinct foreign body is the graphite.
abrasion damage to surface of the cornea, eg by a foreign body in the eye.
Leakage due to bladder spasm irritation: The catheter and inflated balloon is a foreign body to the lower urinary tract.
embolusations of pulmonary function due to foreign body emboli are common but significant respiratory symptoms appear to be unusual.