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Translation

stomach (the digestive organ)

Word origin

From Greek stomachos, originally the gullet or the mouth of an organ, from stoma ('mouth'). Latin took it as stomachus and every European language followed.

Origin
Greek
Root
stomachos
English cognates
stomach, stoma

Examples

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My stomach is full after the big dinner.

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The doctor asked about my stomach.

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A hungry person thinks only about their stomach.

is the organ that digests, and only that. The soft front of you that a belt goes round is the , so a punch lands while indigestion sits . English blurs the two and Esperanto does not, which is one of those small distinctions worth getting right early: it is the difference between a doctor understanding you and a doctor guessing.

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This word is part of lesson 34.