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STOMACH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

Synonyms:

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("stomach" is a kind of...):

internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)

Meronyms (parts of "stomach"):

epigastric fossa; pit of the stomach (a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus))

gastroepiploic vein; gastroomental vein; vena gastroomentalis (one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach)

gastric vein; vena gastrica (one of several veins draining the stomach walls)

arteria gastrica; gastric artery (the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stomach"):

craw; crop (a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food)

first stomach; rumen (the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing)

reticulum; second stomach (the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant)

omasum; psalterium; third stomach (the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant)

abomasum; fourth stomach (the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place)

Holonyms ("stomach" is a part of...):

alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract (tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination)

Derivation:

stomachic (relating to or involving the stomach)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

Synonyms:

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("stomach" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Meronyms (parts of "stomach"):

abdominal wall (a wall of the abdomen)

abdomen; abdominal cavity (the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm)

ab; abdominal; abdominal muscle (the muscles of the abdomen)

belly button; bellybutton; navel; omphalos; omphalus; umbilicus (a scar where the umbilical cord was attached)

bowel; gut; intestine (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)

hypochondrium (the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium)

arteria colica; colic artery (arteries that supply blood to the colon)

abdominal aorta (a branch of the descending aorta)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stomach"):

underbelly; underbody (the soft belly or underside of an animal's body)

Holonyms ("stomach" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

Derivation:

stomachal (relating to or involving the stomach)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An appetite for food

Example:

exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("stomach" is a kind of...):

appetence; appetency; appetite (a feeling of craving something)

Derivation:

stomach (bear to eat)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness

Example:

he had no stomach for a fight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("stomach" is a kind of...):

inclination (that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Example:

She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

Synonyms:

abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "stomach" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Verb group:

suffer (experience (emotional) pain)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stomach"):

accept; live with; swallow (tolerate or accommodate oneself to)

hold still for; stand for (tolerate or bear)

bear up (endure cheerfully)

take lying down (suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively)

take a joke (listen to a joke at one's own expense)

sit out (endure to the end)

pay (bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot stomach Sue

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bear to eat

Example:

He cannot stomach raw fish

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "stomach" is one way to...):

digest (convert food into absorbable substances)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stomach (an appetite for food)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The anterior aspect of the stomach.

(Anterior Surface of the Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)

The procedure aims at the reduction of the stomach size and it is usually achieved either with the implantation of a medical device or the removal of part of the stomach.

(Bariatric Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)

Some people call it the stomach, but your abdomen contains many other important organs.

(Abdominal Pain, NIH)

This difficulty in swallowing is due to the fact that the process of passing food or liquids from the mouth to the stomach requires more time and effort for these patients.

(Scientists designed the first test to detect dysphagia, University of Granada)

Scientists have found the live microorganisms that boost 'good bacteria' in the stomach can enhance weight loss.

(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Their stomachs were a likely place to find mini-microplastics.

(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

The animal thereby learns to associate the taste with stomach upset.

(Researchers identify area of the amygdala involved in taste aversion, University of Granada)

It is used to treat certain stomach problems and nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy.

(Metoclopramide, NCI Dictionary)

His own stomach could bear nothing rich, and he could never believe other people to be different from himself.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

For example, a nasogastric tube is inserted through the nose, down the throat and esophagus, and into the stomach.

(Nasogastric, NCI Dictionary)