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a muscular acid pit that digests itself if it ever stops paying attention

means The hollow, muscular organ between the esophagus and intestines where food is churned and broken down by acid, and by extension the appetite or nerve to tolerate something ('couldn't stomach it').

from From Greek 'stomachos,' which first meant a throat or gulletliterally the 'mouth' of a part, from 'stoma,' mouthand only later slid down the body to name the stomach itself. It traveled through Latin 'stomachus' (which also carried a sense of pride, taste, and irritationhence to 'stomach' an insult) and into English via Old French. That older emotional cargo is why we still 'have no stomach' for things we can't bear.

acid strengthstrong enough to dissolve metal, contained by mucus
new liningcompletely replaced every three to four days
second braingut holds 100 million neurons, talks to head
hunger growlsborborygmi, intestines moving gas and fluid
not for foodtrue absorption mostly happens in the intestines
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