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Definition of gastric adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gastric

adjective

/ˈɡæstrɪk/

/ˈɡæstrɪk/

[only before noun] (medical)

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connected with the stomach
- a gastric ulcer
- gastric juices (= the acids in your stomach that help you to digest food)
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Gastric 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’.

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