Definition of stomach

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Stomach (n.) 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..

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Pit :: Pit (n.) See Pit of the stomach (below).
Dyspepsy :: Dyspepsy () A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc..
Gastriloquist :: Gastriloquist (n.) One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.
Stomach :: Stomach (v. t.) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
Belch :: Belch (v. i.) To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..
Surfeit :: Surfeit (v. t.) To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets..
Saturant :: Saturant (n.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach..
Yearnings :: Yearnings (n. pl.) The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk..
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind..
Omasum :: Omasum (n.) The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant..
Sickness :: Sickness (n.) Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach..
Act :: Act (v. i.) To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food..
Stomachal :: Stomachal (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric.
Rumination :: Rumination (n.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man..
Gastroepiploic :: Gastroepiploic (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.
Catarrh :: Catarrh (n.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food..
Pain :: Pain (n.) To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him..
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