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stomach

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[ UK /stˈʌmək/ ]
[ US /ˈstəmək/ ]
NOUN
  1. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
  2. an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
  3. an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness
    he had no stomach for a fight
  4. an appetite for food
    exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner
VERB
  1. bear to eat
    He cannot stomach raw fish
  2. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
    he learned to tolerate the heat
    She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
    The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
    I cannot bear his constant criticism
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How To Use stomach In A Sentence

  • Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
  • In some cases, the vomited milk may smell curdled because it has mixed with stomach acid.
  • the fundus of the stomach
  • The resemblance also of the human stomach to that of the orang-outang is greater than to that of any other animal. The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • You shouldn't take the pills on an empty stomach.
  • Their horrible loss in the Super Bowl has been difficult for many fans to stomach.
  • A stomach-teasing aroma of stewed food was in the air, and the thrumming of African bass guitar wafted through the open window.
  • From the spine, thirty-one pairs of nerves, called _spinal nerves_, pass to different parts of my body; some to the lungs, some to the heart, some to the stomach, some to the bones, and some to the muscles and skin. Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City
  • Three other ports were incised higher in the stomach wall on the patient's right-hand side, just beneath the liver. ABSOLUTE ZERO
  • If the indigestion is the result of a slower process, the stomach does not participate in the process. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
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