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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary gas·tric ETYMOLOGY Greek gastr-, gastēr, alteration of *grastēr, from gran to gnaw, eat DATE 1656 : of or relating to the stomach English Etymology gastric 1656, from Gk. gaster (gen. gastros) "stomach," by dissimilationfrom gran "to gnaw, eat." Gastronomy (1814) coined 1800 in Fr.as gastronomie by Joseph de Berchoux (1762-1838) as title of poem on good living, after Gastrologia, title of a now-lost poem of antiquity, quoted by Athenaeus, from gastro- "stomach" + logos"discourse." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 gastric gas·tric / 5^Astrik / adjective[only before noun] (medical 医) connected with the stomach 胃的；胃部的: a gastric ulcer 胃溃疡 gastric juices (= the acids in your stomach that help you to digest food) 胃液(有助于消化的胃酸) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged gas·tric \ˈgastrik, -aas-, -ais-, -rēk\ adjective Etymology: Greek gastr-, gastēr belly, paunch, womb (alteration of — assumed — Greek grastēr, from Greek gran to gnaw, eat) + English -ic — more at cress 1. : of, relating to situated near, or originating in the stomach < gastric disorders > 2. : resembling a stomach in form or function < a gastric polyp > < a gastric vacuole > |
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