stomach
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stomach/ˈstʌmək/
▶noun
- 1 an internal organ in which the first part of digestion occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine.
■ each of four such organs in a ruminant.
- 2 the abdominal area of the body; the belly.
- 3 an appetite or desire for something.
- 1 consume (food or drink) without feeling sick.
- 2 endure or accept.
– phrases
a strong stomach an ability to see or do unpleasant things without feeling sick or squeamish.
a strong stomach an ability to see or do unpleasant things without feeling sick or squeamish.
– derivatives
stomachful noun (pl. stomachfuls).
stomachful noun (pl. stomachfuls).
– origin ME: from OFr. estomac, stomaque, via L. from Gk stomakhos ‘gullet’.
'stomach' also found in these Oxford entries:
abomasum
- achalasia
- antacid
- antrum
- barium
- beer belly
- belch
- belly
- bellyache
- bloat
- breadbasket
- brook
- butterfly
- cardia
- cardiac
- chest
- chyme
- cimetidine
- collywobbles
- corpus
- crop top
- cud
- digest
- duodenum
- enter
- epigastrium
- flatus
- fulmar
- gastrectomy
- gastric
- gastric flu
- gastric juice
- gastrin
- gastritis
- gastro-
- gastrocnemius
- gastro-enteritis
- gastroenterology
- gastrointestinal
- gastrolith
- gastropod
- gastroscope
- gastrula
- gizzard
- gorge
- gullet
- gut
- haggis
- hairball
- hiatus hernia
