STOMACHACHE


Meaning of STOMACHACHE in English

stom ‧ ach ‧ ache /ˈstʌmək-eɪk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]

pain in your stomach or near your stomach

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THESAURUS

▪ stomachache pain in your stomach or near your stomach:

He said he had a stomachache and didn't want to go to school.

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I've got bad stomachache.

▪ indigestion pain or uncomfortable feelings that you get when your stomach cannot break down food that you have eaten:

She frequently suffered from indigestion.

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If I eat onions, they give me indigestion.

▪ food poisoning a stomach illness caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria, so that you vomit:

I got food poisoning while I was on holiday and had to spend the day in bed.

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Two of the customers has to be taken to hospital with suspected food poisoning.

▪ nausea the feeling that you have when you think you are going to vomit:

A feeling of nausea suddenly came over me.

▪ constipation the condition of having difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from your body:

Do you suffer from constipation?

▪ diarrhoea British English , diarrhea American English an illness in which waste from the bowels is watery and comes out often:

The main symptoms are diarrhoea and vomiting.

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Some dairy products can cause diarrhoea.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.