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View synonyms for gastric

gastric

[ gas-trik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to the stomach.


gastric

/ ˈɡæstrɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, near, or involving the stomach

    gastric pains

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gastric

/ găstrĭk /

  1. Relating to or involving the stomach.

gastric

  1. A descriptive term for things pertaining to the stomach .
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Other Words From

  • post·gastric adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gastric1

First recorded in 1650–60; gastr- + -ic
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Example Sentences

To overcome that limitation, MIT engineers have designed a new type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated as needed.

I tutted something about the symptoms of perimenopause and ignored it - but two days later I was laid up in bed with gastric flu.

From BBC

In addition to insulin, Type 1 diabetics don't make another hormone, amylin, which slows gastric motility.

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She also had to have a gastric tube fitted, lines inserted to allow nutrition, and multiple endoscopies, in which a camera is inserted into the body to investigate a condition.

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The ETH Zurich researchers analysed fat tissue biopsies from formerly overweight people who had undergone stomach reduction or gastric bypass surgery.

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