stomach pump en · NOUN
Meanings
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A syringe with a flexible tube for withdrawing fluids from the stomach, or injecting them into it.
"If we can get his bolster-cover round his arms and then 'phone up a stomach-pump, we'll give the old dear the supper of his life."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- (broadly) A gastric lavage.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stomach pumps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |