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Synonyms for gastric

Grammar : Adj
Spell : gas-trik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæs trɪk


Définition of gastric

Origin :
  • 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").
  • adj pertaining to the stomach
Example sentences :
  • There was an elderly lady who insisted on telling John all about the gastric juices!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Don't get excited about it; that will interfere with the gastric juices.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • The only satisfactory atonement, therefore, must be gastric.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
  • The solid parts remain, to be acted on by the gastric juice.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
  • Gastric juice, the fluid which dissolves the food in the stomach.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
  • It is unnecessary to describe the gastric feats of Manifold and Topertoe.
  • Extract from : « The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector » by William Carleton
  • It injured the gastric juice, so that it could not mix with the food.
  • Extract from : « Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes » by Jane Andrews
  • Whether any one guessed it or not we do not know—but the answer was Gastric—Gas-trick.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew
  • I know that the coats of my stomach are honeycombed with gastric juice.
  • Extract from : « In the Roar of the Sea » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • By the time the meal is taken, the supply of gastric fluid has failed.
  • Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove

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