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stomach pump

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.


stomach pump

noun

  1. med a suction device for removing stomach contents by a tube inserted through the mouth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stomach pump1

First recorded in 1815–25
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In one case, a 42-year-old woman survived after ingesting 120 mg and receiving emergency treatment, including a stomach pump.

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She overdosed so often that her daughter Liza apparently acquired a stomach pump.

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And he claims a publicist made up the one about the sailors and the stomach pump.

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One need but allude to the stomach pump to draw up visions from the vasty deep.

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I knew a man who broke his fast on hamburg steak, and had to be helped out with a stomach pump.

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