buttock
Noun
Meaning
The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.
The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
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A 21-year-old man was also shot once in the right buttock.
But, after dozing off, "Dowling awoke to find Wedl’s hand on the back of her leg near her buttock."
He was hit on the right triceps by a liner by Freddy Galvis that went for a single and then hit on the left buttock by a liner by Spangenberg that caromed to first baseman Braun.
It is worse when it begins to radiate to the buttock then down the leg (sciatica).
It can be administered with a needle into the muscle of the upper arm, upper leg, or buttock.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a 14-year-old boy was hospitalized after being shot in his left buttock.