English > breadbasket: 3 senses > noun 2, body| Meaning | An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion. |
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| Synonyms | stomach, tummy, tum |
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| Part of | alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract | tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus |
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| Parts | gastric artery, arteria gastrica | The arteries that supply the walls of the stomach |
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| gastric vein, vena gastrica | One of several veins draining the stomach walls |
| gastroomental vein, gastroepiploic vein, vena gastroomentalis | One of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach |
| pit of the stomach, epigastric fossa | A slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) |
| Narrower | abomasum, fourth stomach | The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
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| craw, crop | A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food |
| psalterium, omasum, third stomach | The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
| reticulum, second stomach | The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
| rumen, first stomach | The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
| Broader | internal organ, viscus | A main organ that is situated inside the body |
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| Spanish | barriga, buche, estómago, granero, panza, tum |
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| Catalan | estómac, païdor, panxa, tum, ventrell |
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