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Noun	1.	sewing needle - a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth darning needle, embroidery needle - a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread needle - a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) sharp - a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point upholstery needle - any of several very heavy and sometimes curved sewing needles used by upholsterers
	2.	sewing needle - slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. dragonfly, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, darning needle, devil's darning needle odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings

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However, they revealed that Toby had a 7cm metal sewing needle with thread attached lodged in his neck, piercing his spinal cord and dangerously close to his brain.

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We report a case of accidental ingestion of a sewing needle which was recovered from the mesentery.

Odyssey of an accidently ingested sewing needle from mouth to mesentery of small bowel in a young female

When patient's medical history was questioned again, it was found that she had accidentally swallowed a sewing needle seven years ago.

Foreign body: A sewing needle migrating from the gastrointestinal tract to pancreas

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First he satisfied his odd appetite with a sewing needle which required an operation to remove it.

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Balleto Del Sud - Photo courtesy of Cairo Opera House media office Balleto Del Sud - Photo courtesy of Cairo Opera House media office "Sleeping Beauty" is one of the most famous classical works that revolves around a little princess who a wicked witch manages to kill at the age of sixteen through an enchanted sewing needle. Despite the precautions of her father, the king, the trick succeeds and the girl dies immediately.

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Foreign bodies penetrating the thoracic cavity are less common and wooden stick (Pelosi et al, 2008), grass awn (Brennan and Ihrke, 1983), porcupine quill (Guevara et al, 2015) and sewing needle (Hunt et al, 1991) are usually reported.

Surgical Retrieval of a Migrated Sewing Needle from Thoracic Cavity of a Dog

The finding of a sewing needle (or multiple needles, in some instances) in the media-stinum appears to be relatively uncommon compared with other foreign bodies, with approximately 160 such cases reported by the late 1980s.

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