as in cramps
abdominal pain especially when focused in the digestive organs
all that fried food gave me a stomachache
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Recent Examples of stomachache
Most people get fever, vomiting, stomachaches and diarrhea after eating tainted food, symptoms that can run for four to seven days.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Usually, salmonella means a few days of diarrhea, vomiting, fever and stomachaches.
—Mcclatchy Staff, Idaho Statesman, 9 June 2025
During rare family reunions that my niece is enjoying, her wife will get a sudden stomachache, and there goes my niece, to lay down with her in a quiet room.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2025
It is steeped as a tea in some cultures and used to treat stomachaches, congestion, and sore throats.1 To make your own, steep two leaves per cup of boiling water for five minutes.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Usually, salmonella means a few days of diarrhea, vomiting, fever and stomachaches.
—Mcclatchy Staff, Idaho Statesman, 9 June 2025
During rare family reunions that my niece is enjoying, her wife will get a sudden stomachache, and there goes my niece, to lay down with her in a quiet room.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2025
It is steeped as a tea in some cultures and used to treat stomachaches, congestion, and sore throats.1 To make your own, steep two leaves per cup of boiling water for five minutes.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomachache
cramps
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Symptoms of nicotine poisoning can include abdominal cramps, confusion, seizures, loss of consciousness, headache and vomiting.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Common symptoms of Vibrio infection include diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, dangerously low blood pressure and blistering lesions.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Stomachache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomachache. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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