Gastroenteric
(Gas`tro*en*te"ric) a. [Gastro- + -enteric.] (Anat. & Med.) Gastrointestinal.
Gastroenteritis
(||Gas`tro*en`te*ri"tis) n. [NL. See Gastroenrteric, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of
the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.
Gastroepiploic
(Gas`tro*ep`i*plo"ic) a. [Gastro- + -epiploic.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the stomach
and omentum.
Gastrohepatic
(Gas`tro*he*pat"ic) a. [Gastro- + -hepatic.] (Med.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as,
the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.
Gastrohysterotomy
(Gas`tro*hys`ter*ot"o*my) n. [Gastro- + Gr. womb + to cut.] (Surg.) Cæsarean
section. See under Cæsarean.
Gastrointestinal
(Gas`tro*in*tes"ti*nal) a. [Gastro- + -intestinal.] (Anat. & Med.) Of or pertaining to the
stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.
Gastrolith
(Gas`tro*lith) n. [Gastro- + -lith.] (Zoöl.) See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
Gastrology
(Gas*trol"o*gy) n. [Gr stomach + discourse: cf. F. gastrologie.] The science which treats
of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.
Gastromalacia
(||Gas`tro*ma*la"ci*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. stomach + softness, fr. soft.] (Med.) A softening
of the coats of the stomach; — usually a post- morten change.
Gastromancy
(Gas`tro*man"cy) n. [Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy.] (Antiq.) (a) A kind of
divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach. (b) A species of divination, by
means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to
appear by magic art.
Gastromyces
(||Gas`tro*my"ces) n. [NL., fr. Gr. stomach + a fungus.] (Biol.) The fungoid growths
sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.
Gastromyth
(Gas"tro*myth) n. [Gastro- + Gr. to say, speak.] One whose voice appears to proceed
from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [Obs.]
Gastronome
(Gas"tro*nome Gas*tron"o*mer) n. [F. gastronome, fr. Gr. stomach + law, to distribute.]
One fond of good living; an epicure. Sir W. Scott.
Gastronomic
(Gas`tro*nom"ic Gas`tro*nom"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. gastronomique.] Pertaining to gastromony.
Gastronomist
(Gas*tron"o*mist) n. A gastromomer.
Gastronomy
(Gas*tron"o*my) n. [Gr. : cf. F. gastronomie.] The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the
art of good cheer.
Gastrophrenic
(Gas`tro*phren"ic) a. [Gastro- + -phrenic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as,
the gastrophrenic ligament.
Gastropneumatic
(Gas`tro*pneu*mat"ic) a. [Gastro- + pneumatic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the alimentary
canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.
Gastropod
(Gas"tro*pod) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]
Gastropoda
(||Gas*trop"o*da) n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. stomach + -poda.] (Zoöl.) One of the classes of Mollusca,
of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They
