stom·ach·ache

[stuhm-uhk-eyk]
noun
pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
Also, stomach ache.


Origin:
1755–65; stomach + ache

stom·ach-ach·y, adjective
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stomachache (ˈstʌməkˌeɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Technical name: gastralgia, stomach upset, Also called: upset stomach pain in the stomach or abdominal region, as from acute indigestion

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stomachache is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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stomachache stom·ach·ache (stŭm'ək-āk')
n.
Pain in the stomach or abdomen.

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Add them up and you get instinct: a doctor's sense that a patient's stomachache
  might really be appendicitis, for example.
They say they have a stomachache, and he sells them what he wants.
He was, he said, on the toilet with a bad stomachache.
These types of illnesses include vomiting, diarrhea with fever and stomachache,
  or nausea accompanied by a fever.
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