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stomach pump

noun

Definitions

  1. A syringe with a flexible tube for withdrawing fluids from the stomach, or injecting them…

    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."

  2. A gastric lavage.

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