Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, softening of the stomach, arising in most cases from post-mortem digestion, but sometimes existing during life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.
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- noun medicine A
softening of thecoatings of thestomach , usually afterdeath .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "stomach softness".
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