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gastric

[ gas-trik ]

/ ˈgæs trɪk /

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adjective

pertaining to the stomach.

Origin of gastric

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

OTHER WORDS FROM gastric

post·gas·tric, adjective

Words nearby gastric

gastr-, gastradenitis, gastralgia, gastrectasis, gastrectomy, gastric, gastric analysis, gastric artery, gastric band, gastric bypass, gastric calculus

Example sentences from the Web for gastric

Proper use could lead to weight loss and reduction in gastric reflux.

Nothing Says I Love You Like Data |The Daily Beast |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That could be the difference between needing a gastric tube or not or needing a wheelchair or not.

The Shutdown’s Human Cost: A Family’s Hopes at NIH Put on Hold |Michael Daly |October 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But after surgery to put a gastric band in place, he reportedly shed almost 90 pounds, and today he looks in relatively good form.

Qatar’s Succession Drama |Christopher Dickey |June 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Where gastric bypass surgery requires carving up the abdomen, lap band is done via a small incision through the belly button.

Chris Christie’s Weight Loss: The Lap-Band Procedure Explained |Lizzie Crocker |May 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

His family even once fed journalists a claim that he suffered from a “gastric” problem.

Hope for Jesse Jackson Jr.: Bouncing Back From Depression |James Warren |August 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He subsequently ascertained that there had been symptoms pointing to gastric disease.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
Most of these cases were examples of perforation of gastric ulcer.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
This is probably brought about by the checking of the gastric secretions.

The Nervous Housewife |Abraham Myerson
It is like the gastric juice in our stomach, which dissolves and renders digestible the food we eat.

Insect Adventures |J. Henri Fabre
By so doing we slightly increase the secretion of saliva, and of the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal juices.

Tobacco and Alcohol |John Fiske

British Dictionary definitions for gastric

gastric

/ (ˈɡæstrɪk) /

adjective

of, relating to, near, or involving the stomach gastric pains

Medical definitions for gastric

gastric

[ găs′trĭk ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach.

Scientific definitions for gastric

gastric

[ găs′trĭk ]

Relating to or involving the stomach.

Cultural definitions for gastric

gastric

A descriptive term for things pertaining to the stomach.