stomach

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[ UK /stˈʌmək/ ]
[ US /ˈstəmək/ ]

NOUN

the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness
he had no stomach for a fight
an appetite for food
exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner

VERB

bear to eat
He cannot stomach raw fish
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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