Gastrology

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Noun
  1. 1
    the scientific study of the stomach uncountable

Etymology

From gastro-, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) and -logy, from -λογία (-logía, “study of”). Gastro- and gastric (meaning related to the stomach) are both derived from the Greek word.

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