The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stomach \Stom"ach\, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or entrance.]
(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.
The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
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Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart.
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Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]
Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.
--Spenser.This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent.
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Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
He was a man Of an unbounded stomach.
--Shak.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 (Zo["o]l.), the common roundworm ( Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.
WordNet
n. a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach
Usage examples of "stomach pump".
Tell him to bring a stomach pump, if he brought his medical bag along, which is extremely doubtful.
Like a doctor using a stomach pump in reverse, the Grog had shoved its information down my throat.