stomach

  • 41stomach — see an army marches on its stomach the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach …

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  • 42stomach — [14] Greek stómakhos was derived from stóma ‘mouth’, and originally denoted the ‘throat’ or ‘oesophagus’. It was also applied to the opening or ‘mouth’ of various internal organs, particularly the stomach, and eventually came to be used for the… …

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  • 43stomach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. appetite, hunger; desire, craving, inclination; maw, craw; informal, belly, paunch, corporation. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. paunch, belly, breadbasket; see abdomen . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 44stomach — stom·ach || stÊŒmÉ™k n. organ which digests food; abdominal region; appetite for food; desire v. take into the stomach; endure, tolerate …

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  • 45stomach — i, o, «us (G). The gullet; the stomach …

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  • 46stomach — n 1. belly, abdomen, Inf. tummy, gut, Sl. breadbasket, Brit. Inf. little Mary, Scot, and North Eng. wame; paunch, potbelly, Inf. bay window, Inf. corporation, Sl. pot, Sl. beerbelly, Sl. spare tire. 2. colonic cavity, intestinal cavity, visceral… …

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  • 47stomach — An organ that is part of the digestive system. The stomach helps digest food by mixing it with digestive juices and churning it into a thin liquid …

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  • 48Stomach cancer — Stomach or gastric cancer can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus and the small intestine. Stomach cancer causes nearly one million deaths worldwide per… …

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  • 49Stomach pump — 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.] 1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary… …

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  • 50Stomach tube — 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.] 1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary… …

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