Gastric fistula
[gas-trik] /ˈgæs trɪk/
adjective
1.
pertaining to the stomach.
/ˈɡæstrɪk/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, near, or involving the stomach: gastric pains
adj.
1650s, with -ic + Greek gaster (genitive gastros) “stomach,” by dissimilation from *graster, literally “eater, devourer,” from gran “to gnaw, eat,” from PIE root *gras- “to devour” (cf. Greek grastis “green fodder,” Latin gramen “fodder, grass,” Old English cærse “cress”).
gastric gas·tric (gās’trĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach.
gastric
(gās’trĭk)
Relating to or involving the stomach.
A descriptive term for things pertaining to the stomach.
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