I used the term "weak stomach" in a post last week. I heard the term while
I was growning up since my father had various medical problems. His doctor
told him that he had a weak stomach.

Here's the email that I received when I asked for help in the definition
since it was obvious that some people in this newsgroup had never before
heard the term. The following is the the actual email message:

This is in response to your message to the National Library of Medicine
(NLM) about "weak stomach".

You will find a definition in the Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed.  --
"weak :  7. Of bodily organs or their functions: Deficient in functional
strength (either naturally or by impairment). The usual collocations are:
weak eyes, sight; weak stomach, digestion; weak chest, lungs, heart; also
(later) weak nerves, which has commonly the loose sense 'nervousness',
liability to be easily agitated."  Two literary references to weak stomach
are given.

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this phrase, please access the following Health Topics in MedlinePlus at
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 Stomach Disorders      
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stomachdisorders.html
 Digestive Diseases      
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/digestivediseases.html
 Nausea and Vomiting  
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nauseaandvomiting.html

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