stomach

  • 111stomach pump — A device operating by suction and used for removing the food content of the stomach for gastric analysis. 23 Am J2d Dep § 226 …

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  • 112stomach cancer — Cancer that forms in tissues lining the stomach. Also called gastric cancer …

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  • 113stomach flu — noun inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis • Syn: ↑gastroenteritis, ↑intestinal flu • Hypernyms: ↑inflammatory disease • Hyponyms: ↑cholera infantum, ↑cholera morbus, ↑ …

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  • 114stomach sweetbread — noun edible pancreas of an animal • Hypernyms: ↑variety meat, ↑organs * * * sweetbread (def. 1). * * * stomach sweetbread, the pancreas of a young animal, especially a calf, used for food; sweetbread …

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  • 115stomach tooth — noun Etymology: so called from the gastric disturbance that often attends its appearance : a lower canine especially of the first dentition * * * a lower canine milk tooth of infants. [1870 75, Amer.; so called because its appearance is often… …

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  • 116stomach tube — noun : a flexible rubber tube to be passed through the esophagus into the stomach for introduction of material or removal of gastric contents …

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  • 117stomach — the part of the digestive tract after the oesophagus, not differentiated as a distinct section of the intestine in all fishes. Where distinct having a straight fundic ventral portion ending as a blind sac and a short pyloric portion extending… …

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  • 118stomach — n. [Gr. stoma, mouth] The digestive cavity of invertebrates …

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  • 119stomach — See abdomen …

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  • 120stomach — I. n. 1. Appetite. 2. Inclination, desire, taste, liking, relish. II. v. a. (Colloq.) Brook, endure, bear, tolerate, abide, swallow, stand, submit to, suffer, put up with …

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