Gastric digestion
gastric digestion n.
The part of digestion, chiefly of proteins, carried on in the stomach by the enzymes of the gastric juices. Also called peptic digestion.
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[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,” […]
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