gastric

adjective
🔊/ˈɡæstrɪk/
🔊/ˈɡæstrɪk/
[only before noun] (medical医学)
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  1. 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)
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGastric is used with these nouns:
    • bypass
    • flu
    • surgery
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin gastricus, from Greek gastēr, gastr- ‘stomach’.