Gastric

//ˈɡæstɹɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the stomach. not-comparable

    "This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or involving the stomach wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
stomachicabdominalanalappendicalbig-belliedcardiac

Example

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"Too much alcohol may result in gastric disease."

Etymology

From New Latin gastricus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós, “stomach”). By surface analysis, gastr- + -ic; Doublet of gastrique.

Related phrases

gastric acidgastric anglegastric balloongastric bandgastric cancergastric dumping syndromegastric fevergastric flugastric juicegastric lavagegastric millgastric reflux

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