stomach flu
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈstʌmək flu/
- Informal
:
gastroenteritis
- My kids caught the stomach flu from their friends at school, and now they feel awful.
- a bout of stomach flu
- get the stomach flu
- bad stomach flu
And then we climbed Kilimanjaro and I came down with a stomach flu on on day three.
- And then we climbed Kilimanjaro and I came down with a stomach flu on on day three.
- Though I will say I I just had the stomach flu last night.
Examples
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I have that stomach flu that's going around.
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The very first thing I do when I feel I'm coming down with the stomach flu is clean the bathroom toilet and try to wipe up the bathroom floor.
Blog text (27) -
We have had stomach flu going around at our house for about the past week, a little more than a week.
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So the doctor says it's a stomach flu.
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Nobody has the stomach flu.
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I've got a touch of the stomach flu.
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Albert's got the stomach flu.
Fiction book (1993) -
Both Clovis and Levi had the stomach flu through the evening and into the night.
Fiction book (1991) -
What was once called "stomach flu" is now well-known to frequently be caused by food contamination, and so now we know better how to reduce its incidence.
Blog text (14) -
The doctor diagnosed me with stomach flu after I experienced severe vomiting and diarrhea.
Synonyms
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2.7
An illness from eating food with harmful germs
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5.8
An illness that makes the stomach and intestines sore and causes vomiting and diarrhea
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3.7
An illness that affects the stomach and intestines, often from bad food or water
An infection of the stomach and intestines that causes vomiting and diarrhea
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
stomach + flu
The phrase simply combines 'stomach' (the organ) with 'flu' (an illness), so the meaning 'an illness affecting the stomach/intestines' is directly inferable from the constituents. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and a B1 learner who knows both words will generally understand the intended gastroenteritis sense.
Etymology
Stomach flu: The name stomach flu comes from a simple image: the stomach is sick and people called it a kind of flu because that word was used for many quick illnesses. So stomach flu now means 'a stomach illness that causes vomiting and diarrhea'.