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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stomach pump¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

But I know without any stomach-pump that the best thing to make my gastric juices flow is hard work and a spare diet.

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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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The surgeon also had a stomach pump with him, my boy, and twelve boxes of anti-bilious pills.

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They won't have no trouble proving the corpus delicatessen,' I says, '—not if they bring a stomach pump along.

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Isn't it rather like applying a stomach-pump to a man who is only fit for a small dose of Eno's Fruit Salt?

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