Gastric

What do we mean by gastric?

Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach. adjective

Of or pertaining to the stomach or belly, in the broadest sense; enteric; ventral; abdominal.

Of or pertaining to any part or organ like or likened to a stomach or belly, as the foot of a mollusk, etc. Also gasteric.

Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach. adjective

The conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice. adjective

A fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever. adjective

A thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods. adjective

A form of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms. adjective

Of or relating to the stomach. adjective

Relating to or involving the stomach adjective

Of or relating to the stomach.

Words that are spelled similarly to gastric:
gastric, gastrin, agastric, gastria.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gastric:
lavage, volvulus, varices, gastrectomy, duodenal, pylorus, gastrin, cardia, pepsin, antrum, gastroesophageal, mucosa, gastritis, pylori, lipase, ulcer, peptic, reflux, dilatation, ulcers, distension, helicobacter, mucosal, adenocarcinoma, gip, ulceration, dyspepsia, bloat, fundus, secretion, duodenum, laparoscopic, motility, bariatric, stomach, esophageal, carcinoma, parietal, banding, histamine, perforation, vagus, esophagus, pancreatic, digestion, polypeptide, colorectal, mucous, squamous, intestinal, glands, intestine, decontamination, mucus, bypass, gastrointestinal, vomiting, digestive, torsion, gerd, plexus, lymphoma, inhibitory, lumen, hepatic, secreted, secrete, epithelium, bile, aspiration, pancreas, aspirin, bowel, obstruction, acidity, ovarian, epithelial, ingested, acid, colon, artery, ingestion, irritation, airway, obese, cancer, juice, lymph, diarrhea, hemorrhage, inhibits, abdominal, arteries, malt, rupture, contents, charcoal, curvature, peptide, malignant.

Words that rhyme with gastric:
gas truck, glass struck, last trick, last truck.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gastric:
chronic, human, left, right, acute, short, proximal, normal, simulated, complete, artificial, active, continuous, superior, inferior, duodenal, multiple, experimental, isolated, pneumo, abnormal, vagal, advanced, distal, uncomplicated, recurrent, hepatic, adjacent, anterior, posterior, stimulating, congenital, ectopic, accessory, proper, oral, naso, extensive, untreated, peptic, laparoscopic, warm, treated, severe, unpleasant, consequent, adjective, salivary, preneoplastic, combined, slightest, nasal, bronchial, median, uniform, benign, excessive, gastrointestinal, intense, avian, gaseous, grave, esophageal, peripheral, unresectable, xenotransplantable, acidic, ocular, diffuse, ulcerated, heterotopic, intact, postoperative, perforated, splenic, irritating.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective gastric:
juice, secretion, mucosa, ulcer, emptying, cancer, contents, lavage, ulcers, carcinoma, acid, glands, irritation, juices, acidity, secretions, motility, surgery, digestion, tube, cells, catarrh, resection, wall, symptoms, artery, bypass, dilatation, obstruction, ulceration, membrane, fluid, distention, distress, analysis, disturbances, function, antrum, lesions, disturbance, activity, lymphoma, varices, suction, disorders, fistula, cancers, fundus, vessels, hypersecretion, aspiration, epithelium, distension, disease, pain, hemorrhage, cardia, retention, atrophy, adenocarcinoma, carcinomas, crises, polyps, erosions, lumen, contractions, pouch, bleeding, arteries, patients, content, fever, tumors, reflux, region, pits, atony, stasis, vagotomy, remnant, upset, mucus, flow, polypeptide, volume, peristalsis, decompression, aspirate, disorder, lipase, damage, veins, vein, injury, cavity, washings, barrier, perforation.

Consonant match to gastric:
gas truck.

Words that sound like gastric:
gastric, gastro, gastro-, keystroke, catterick, key stroke, gastral, gaster, gatwick, gastrin, castra, gastr, digastric, goderich, castro, caustic, fasttrack, fast track, kostic, fastrack, kastro, iatric, westrick, cat rig, cam stroke, gastrula, awestruck, glowstick, garrick, g-string, glow stick, guster, guesswork, gas tank, ghostlike, ghostwrite, gstring, awe-struck, costra, awe struck, gearstick, ghost write, gasto, unstruck, geister, grass tree, gestern, gas ring, gear stick, kostek, go straight, gastromy, gas attack, gieseke, goswick, glue stick, guericke, grass wrack, joystick, casters, joy stick, castors, gestic, caster, castrate, castor, tastic, racetrack, hattrick, clastic, race track, castrol, coatrack, keystrokes, nastic, hat trick, kaster, castries, castor oil, castros, oestreich, kastor, catic, historique, lost track, two stroke, instroke, caster oil, coat rack, on strike, gusta, get stuck, gosta, gorak, gangtok, got stuck, gangsters, goshawk, gassers, agaric.