stomachache

[stuhm-uh k-eyk] /ˈstʌm əkˌeɪk/

noun

pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.

Also, stomach ache.

Origin

1755-65; stomach + ache

Related forms

stomach-achy, adjective

Examples from the web for stomachache

Add them up and you get instinct: a doctor's sense that a patient's stomachache might really be appendicitis, for example.
Gu appears calm as she works, though she admits she sometimes gets a stomachache before undertaking a really big repair.
It doesn't help that they invariably give me a stomachache.
Indians boiled the strong leaves for food and as a stomachache remedy.
Omanis dab a drop on a forehead to relieve a headache, or even drink the floral liquid to cure a stomachache.
These types of illnesses include vomiting, diarrhea with fever and stomachache, or nausea accompanied by a fever.
If you want to know if an elephant has a stomachache, ask the cage cleaner.
Millions of doses have been taken with no more ill effect than the occasional stomachache.
He was, he said, on the toilet with a bad stomachache.
For network executives, that blah feeling has become a recurring stomachache.

British Dictionary definitions for stomachache

/ˈstʌməkˌeɪk/

noun

pain in the stomach or abdominal region, as from acute indigestion Technical name gastralgia Also called stomach upset, upset stomach

stomachache in Medicine

stomachache stom·ach·ache (stŭm'ək-āk')
n.
Pain in the stomach or abdomen.