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Gastric

[gas-trik] Origin

gas·tric

[gas-trik]
adjective
pertaining to the stomach.

Origin:
1650–60; gastr- + -ic

post·gas·tric, adjective
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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gastric (ˈɡæstrɪk)
 
adj
of, relating to, near, or involving the stomach: gastric pains

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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-
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"stomach" + logos "discourse."
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Medical Dictionary

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

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Science Dictionary
gastric   (gās'trĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or involving the stomach.
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Cultural Dictionary

gastric definition


A descriptive term for things pertaining to the stomach.

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