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gas⋅tric

[gas-trik]
–adjective
pertaining to the stomach.

Origin:
1650–60; gastr- + -ic
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gas·tric   (gās'trĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach.
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Cultural Dictionary

gastric

A descriptive term for things pertaining to the stomach.

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Word Origin & History

gastric 
1656, from Gk. gaster (gen. gastros) "stomach," by dissimilation from gran "to gnaw, eat." Gastronomy (1814) coined 1800 in Fr. as gastronomie by Joseph de Berchoux (1762-1838) as title of poem on good living, after Gastrologia, title of a now-lost poem of antiquity, quoted by Athenaeus, from gastro- "stomach" + logos "discourse."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gas·tric
Pronunciation: 'gas-trik
Function: adjective
: of or relating to the stomach
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

gastric gas·tric (gās'trĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach.

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