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gas⋅tric
[gas-trik] 
trɪk
–adjective
| pertaining to the stomach. |
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| gas·tric (gās'trĭk) adj. Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach. |
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Gastric
Gas"tric\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice. Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever. Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods. Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms.
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Language Translation for : gastric
Spanish:
gástrico,
German:
Magen-…,
Japanese:
胃の
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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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- "stomach" + logos "discourse."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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gastric gas·tric (gās'trĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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| gastric (gās'trĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or involving the stomach. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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