stomach
81Stomach, Pavlov — A pouch fashioned surgically from part of the stomach (but isolated from the rest of the stomach) that opens via a fistula (canal) on to the abdominal wall. At different points along the dogs’ digestive tracts, the Russian physiologist Ivan… …
82stomach-churning — ADJ GRADED If you describe something as stomach churning, you mean that it is so unpleasant that it makes you feel physically sick. The stench from rotting food is stomach churning. ...that rush of stomach churning fear at the sound of a mortar… …
83stomach pump — /ˈstʌmək pʌmp/ (say stumuhk pump) noun 1. a small pump or syringe used for withdrawing the contents of the stomach, or for injecting into the stomach. 2. withdrawal of the contents of the stomach by means of such an instrument …
84Stomach cough — Cough Cough, n. [Cg. D. kuch. See {Cough}, v. i. ] 1. A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. The more… …
85Stomach staggers — Stagger Stag ger, n. 1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and… …
86stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals. Also called twisted stomach worm, wireworm. [1640 50] * * * …
87stomach stapling — gastric stapling; = vertical banded gastroplasty restrictive bariatric surgery in which staples are inserted into the wall of the stomach to form a small pouch, which restricts the amount of food that can be eaten. At the same time a gastric band …
88stomach upset — noun a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea • Syn: ↑indigestion, ↑dyspepsia, ↑upset stomach • Derivationally related forms: ↑dyspeptic (for: ↑dyspepsia) …
89Stomach (Chinese constellation) — The Stomach mansion (胃宿, pinyin: Wèi Xiù) is one of the Twenty eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger. Asterisms …
90Stomach theory — A political colloquium used to justify giving foreign aid to unstable countries. The idea being a persons politics are determined by the fullness of their stomach. See also *Economic aid *Barry Goldwater References 1. Goldwater, Barry M. The… …
