STOMACH FLU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stomach flu mean? 

• STOMACH FLU (noun)
  The noun STOMACH FLU has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis

  Familiarity information: STOMACH FLU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOMACH FLU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

gastroenteritis; intestinal flu; stomach flu

Hypernyms ("stomach flu" is a kind of...):

inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stomach flu"):

cholera infantum (often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms)

cholera morbus; collywobbles (severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea)

 Context examples 

Have you ever had the "stomach flu?"

(Gastroenteritis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

And "stomach flu" isn't really flu at all, but gastroenteritis.

(Flu, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)