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gastric

gastric

33 4.0
About the stomach and how it works
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡæstrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : gástrico
  • The doctor explained how gastric acid plays a vital role in digestion.
  • gastric ulcer
  • gastric cancer
  • gastric bypass

And if you think about why it's working, it's reducing gastric, the rate of gastric emptying.

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Examples

  • Carbamazepine's side effects include skin rash, double vision, drowsiness, dizziness, gastric disturbances...

  • And if you think about why it's working, it's reducing gastric, the rate of gastric emptying.

  • And these are both made by probably my favorite stomach cell type, gastric chief cells.

  • I hear a lot of great things about this gastric sleep surgery.

  • The last question is how does gastric bypass affect this whole process?

  • The proportion of male patients was lower in the group with gastric bleeding than in the other groups.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Do you suffer from unnecessary gastric distress?

  • The technology of the gastric band has evolved toward the introduction of narrow devices and low pressure.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In a few minutes, his stomach will be surgically reduced to the size of a small apple in a gastric bypass operation.

  • Some of those people have what's called bariatric surgery or gastric bypass surgery or gastric banding surgery.

Synonyms

stomachal
vsgastric
  • Archaic
9.6

About the stomach and its problems

is a general term meaning related to that organ rather than involving it
stomachic
vsgastric
  • Specialized
9.9

To help the stomach break down food

is about relation only and does not necessarily imply affecting it
intragastric
vsgastric
  • Specialized
6.5

Located inside the stomach

is broader, covering relation to the organ rather than being only inside it

Compounds

gastric lavage
  • Specialized
2 6.6

To wash the inside of the stomach with water to remove poison

gastric ulcer
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A sore on the inside of the stomach that causes pain

gastric acid
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A strong liquid in the stomach that helps break down food

gastric juice
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A liquid in the stomach that helps break down food

left gastric artery
  • Specialized
6.8

A blood vessel that carries blood to the inner curve of the stomach and to the lower food pipe

left gastric vein
  • Specialized
6.5

A vein that carries blood from the top of the stomach and lower food tube to the portal vein

A medicine that reduces extra acid in the stomach to ease indigestion or heartburn

gastric artery
  • Specialized
5.2

A blood vessel that carries blood to the stomach

gastric digestion
  • Specialized
3.7

To break down proteins in the stomach using acid and enzymes

gastric mill
  • Specialized
9.6

A strong, thick part of some animals' stomachs that grinds food

gastric smear
  • Specialized
6.8

A lab test where a sample from the stomach is put on a slide to check for infection

gastric vein
  • Specialized
6.1

A vein that carries blood away from the stomach to the liver

right gastric artery
  • Specialized
6.3

A blood vessel that carries blood to the lower inner curve of the stomach

right gastric vein
  • Specialized
7.5

A blood vessel that carries blood from the inner curve of the stomach to the portal vein

short gastric artery
  • Specialized
5.3

A small blood vessel that carries blood from the artery near the spleen to the outer curve of the stomach

Surface Forms

gastric positive

Morphology

gastric = gastro (semi-transparent) = gastr + ic

The adjective is formed regularly from the root 'gastr-/gastro-' + '-ic', but the root is a Greek combining form (not a common standalone English word), so the relation is not fully transparent to general learners.

Etymology

The word gastric comes from the Greek root gaster, which means 'stomach'. You can see the same root in gastronomy, a word about food and eating, so gastric means 'relating to the stomach'.