Showing results for stomach pump. Search instead for stomach poison.

stomach pump

American

noun

Medicine/Medical.

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

stomach pump British

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of stomach pump

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

stomach pump

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

From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2013

He suffered from terrible indigestion and sometimes had to use a stomach pump on himself.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

We don't have to get a stomach pump to find out if he's been eating jam.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also aboard was Rear Admiral Gary Travers Grayson, who took President Wilson's stomach pump ; way and made him exercise, to discuss the inauguration plans.

From Time Magazine Archive

If symptoms of botulism, such as visual disturbances, become manifest, the stomach should be emptied with a stomach pump, cathartics administered, and strychnine and other stimulants given as required.

From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023