stomach pump
a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
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How to use stomach pump in a sentence
But I know without any stomach-pump that the best thing to make my gastric juices flow is hard work and a spare diet.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairI knew a man who broke his fast on hamburg steak, and had to be helped out with a stomach pump.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairThe surgeon also had a stomach pump with him, my boy, and twelve boxes of anti-bilious pills.
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1 | Robert H. NewellThey won't have no trouble proving the corpus delicatessen,' I says, '—not if they bring a stomach pump along.
Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. CobbIsn't it rather like applying a stomach-pump to a man who is only fit for a small dose of Eno's Fruit Salt?
The Loom of Youth | Alec Waugh
British Dictionary definitions for stomach pump
med a suction device for removing stomach contents by a tube inserted through the mouth
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