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  stomach tube
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    胃管

  Stomach \Stom"ach\, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus,
     fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a
     mouth, any outlet or entrance.]
     1. (Anat.) 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.
  
     2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good
        stomach for roast beef. --Shak.
  
     3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
  
              He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him
              depart.                               --Shak.
  
     4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful
        obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]
  
              Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
              This sort of crying proceeding from pride,
              obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault
              lies, must be bent.                   --Locke.
  
     5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
  
              He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak.
  
     Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a
        flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or
        for injecting them into it.
  
     Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction
        into the stomach.
  
     Stomach worm (Zo["o]l.), the common roundworm ({Ascaris
        lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in
        the stomach.