stomach pump

noun

Medicine/Medical.

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

stomach pump

med a suction device for removing stomach contents by a tube inserted through the mouth

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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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