a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + gasth'r stomach. ] (Physiol.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + &unr_; stomach. ] (Zool.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; gill + E. gastropoda. ] (Zool.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; stomach. ] Troubled with bad digestion. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; belly: cf. F. digastrique. ] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw. (b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; in + &unr_; belly + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. engastrimythe. ] An ventriloquist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; the stomach. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Epigastric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; over the belly; 'epi` upon + &unr_; belly: cf. F. épigastrique. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epigastric region. (Anat.) (a) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anat.) The upper part of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the stomach. ] (Biol.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastræa theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; pain. ] (Med.) Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach: cf. F. gastrique. ] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice. --
Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever. --
Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods. --
Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gasth`r, gastro`s, stomach + L. loqui to speak. ] One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ventriloquous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form from the Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; the calf of the leg. ] (Anat.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + colic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + disc. ] (Biol.) That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -duodenal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Gastroduodenal, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + Gr &unr_; sheath + &unr_; a cutting ] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -enteric. ] (Anat. & Med.) Gastrointestinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Gastroenrteric, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -epiploic. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -hepatic. ] (Med.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + Gr. &unr_; womb + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -intestinal. ] (Anat. & Med.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + -lith. ] (Zool.) See Crab's eyes, under Crab. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. gastrologie. ] The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; softness, fr. &unr_; soft. ] (Med.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_;, &unr_;, a fungus. ] (Biol.) The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + Gr. &unr_; to say, speak. ] One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [ Obs. ]

{ } n. [ F. gastronome, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; law, &unr_; to distribute. ] One fond of good living; an epicure. Sir W. Scott.

/mhw>, a. [ Cf. F. gastronomique. ] Pertaining to gastromony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gastromomer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. gastronomie. ] The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -phrenic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + pneumatic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Gastropoda. [ Written also gasteropod. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl., [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + -poda. ] (Zool.) 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. [ Written also Gasteropoda. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: (a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. (b) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr.&unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; a sewing, fr. &unr_; to sew: cf. F. gastrorrhaphie. ] (Surg.) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + -scope. ] (Med.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to gastroscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + splenic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament. [ 1913 Webster ]