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  • English Word Gastroepiploic Definition Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.
  • English Word Gastrohepatic Definition Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.
  • English Word Gastrohysterotomy Definition Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.
  • English Word Gastrointestinal Definition Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.
  • English Word Gastrolith Definition See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
  • English Word Gastrology Definition The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.
  • English Word Gastromalacia Definition A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.
  • English Word Gastromancy Definition A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach.
  • English Word Gastromancy Definition 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.
  • English Word Gastromyces Definition The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.
  • English Word Gastromyth Definition One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist.
  • English Word Gastronome Definition Alt. of Gastronomer
  • English Word Gastronomer Definition One fond of good living; an epicure.
  • English Word Gastronomic Definition Alt. of Gastronomical
  • English Word Gastronomical Definition Pertaining to gastromony.
  • English Word Gastronomist Definition A gastromomer.
  • English Word Gastronomy Definition The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.
  • English Word Gastrophrenic Definition Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.
  • English Word Gastropneumatic Definition Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.
  • English Word Gastropod Definition One of the Gastropoda.
  • English Word Gastropoda Definition 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 generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca.
  • English Word Gastropodous Definition Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.
  • English Word Gastroraphy Definition The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.
  • English Word Gastroscope Definition An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.
  • English Word Gastroscopic Definition Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
  • English Word Gastroscopy Definition Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
  • English Word Gastrosplenic Definition Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.
  • English Word Gastrostege Definition One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.
  • English Word Gastrostomy Definition The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
  • English Word Gastrotomy Definition A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.