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Stomach pump   /stˈəmək pəmp/   Listen
noun
Stomach  n.  
1.
(Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.
2.
The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
3.
Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire. "He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart."
4.
Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. (Obs.) "Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain." "This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent."
5.
Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. (Obs.) "He was a man Of an unbounded stomach."
Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it.
Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach.
Stomach worm (Zool.), the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.






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