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Illustration of human stomach (with mucosal surface partly exposed)
Explainer video about the human stomach

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishstomak, fromOld Frenchestomac, fromLatinstomachus, fromAncient Greekστόμαχος(stómakhos), fromστόμα(stóma,“mouth”).

Largely displaced nativeOld Englishmaga, whenceModern Englishmaw.

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Noun

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stomach (countable anduncountable,pluralstomachs)

  2. Anorgan in animals that stores food in the process ofdigestion.
    • 2012 September 26, Jacque Wilson, “Experts: Alcohol enemas ‘extremely dangerous’”, inCNN‎[1]:
      Ourstomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart.
    • 2023 October 5, Brenda Goodman, “Researchers link popular weight loss drugs to serious digestive problems for ‘hundreds of thousands’ worldwide”, inCNN‎[2]:
      A new study suggests people taking popular injected medications for weight loss, including Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda and Victoza, may be at higher risk for serious digestive problems such asstomach paralysis, pancreatitis, and bowel obstructions, compared with those taking other types of weight loss medications.
  4. (informal) Thebelly.
    Synonyms:belly,abdomen,tummy,(obsolete)bouk,gut,guts,(archaic)maw
    Why did you hit me in thestomach?
  5. (uncountable, obsolete)Pride,haughtiness.
  6. (obsolete) Anappetite.
    a goodstomach for roast beef
    • c.1594 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii], line50:
      You come not home because you have nostomach. / You have nostomach, having broke your fast.
    • c.1590 (date written),G[eorge] P[eele],The Old Wiues Tale. […], London: […] Iohn Danter, for Raph Hancocke, and Iohn Hardie, […], published1595,→OCLC,[lines 920-922]:
      HOST. How say you sir, doo you please to sit downe?
      EUMENIDES. Hostes I thanke you, I haue no greatstomack.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton], chapter II, inThe Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC, partition ii, section 1, member 2:
      If after seven hours' tarrying he shall have nostomach, let him defer his meal, or eat very little at his ordinary time of repast.
  7. (figuratively) Adesire, anappetite (for something abstract).
    I have nostomach for a fight today.
    • 1599 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene iii],page86, column 2:
      That he which hath noſtomack to this fight, / Let him depart, his Paſport ſhall be made,
    • 2020 May 4, Lauren Morris, quotingCharlie Brooker, “Charlie Brooker gives Black Mirror season 6 update”, inRadio Times‎[3]:
      At the moment, I don’t know whatstomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those.
  8. The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach.

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Translations

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digestive organ
belly—see alsoabdomen,‎belly
pride, haughtiness—seehaughtiness
appetite—seeappetite
figuratively: desire, appetite—seeappetite
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Verb

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stomach (third-person singular simple presentstomachs,present participlestomaching,simple past and past participlestomached)

  1. (transitive) Totolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; tostand orhandle something.
    I really can’tstomach jobs involving that much paperwork, but some people seem to tolerate them.
    I can'tstomach her cooking.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be angry.
    • [1594],Richard Hooker, edited byJ[ohn] S[penser],Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […],→OCLC,(please specify the page):
      Let a man, though never so justly, oppose himself unto them that are disordered in their ways; and what one amongst them commonly doth notstomach at such contradiction, storm at reproof, and hate such as would reform them?
  3. (obsolete, transitive) Toresent; to remember with anger; todislike.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) Toturn the stomach of; tosicken orrepel.

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Translations

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to tolerate or accept something

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Noun

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stomach

  1. alternative form ofstomak
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