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gastric

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gas·tric  (gstrk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach.
gastric
Adjective
of the stomach
gastric  (gstrk)
Relating to or involving the stomach.
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Adj.1.gastric - relating to or involving the stomach; "gastric ulcer"
stomachal, stomachic
Translations
Spanish gastric [ˈgæstrɪk] adj → gástrico
French gastric [ˈgæstrɪk] adj → gastrique
German gastric [ˈgæstrɪk] adj (upset, ulcer etc) → Magen-
Italian gastric [ˈgæstrɪk] adj → gastrico/a
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Another reason which Sag-Harbor (he went by that name) urged for his want of faith in this matter of the prophet, was something obscurely in reference to his incarcerated body and the whale's gastric juices.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Greatly to their surprise he raised himself, looked at his watch, and remarked that, as it was now half an hour since luncheon, the gastric juices had had sufficient time to secrete; he was trying a system, he explained, which involved short spells of exercise interspaced by longer intervals of rest.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
On this occasion she refused one dish after another with a resolution which implied the rarest of all modern martyrdoms -- gastric martyrdom.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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