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n. 1. 1 giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop.
Syn. -- genus Agastache. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

or v. t. To affright; to terrify. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of moths whose larvae are flour moths.
Syn. -- genus Anagasta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; to swell, as with lust. ] (Med.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Antiorgastic. [ 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 ]

v. t. [ Cf. Flap, and Aghast. ] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [ Jocular ] Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being flabbergasted. [ Jocular ] London Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. gasten, g&aemacr_;sten to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See Aghast, Ghastly, and cf. Gaze. ] To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To gast. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; stomach + &unr_; a mushroom. ] (Bot.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The type genus of the Gasterophilidae, comprising the horse botflies.
Syn. -- genus Gasterophilus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Gastropod. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) Same as Gastropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Gastropodous.

a. So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ Obs. ] See Ghastful, Ghastly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ghastness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gaston M. Plante, the discover + Gr. &unr_; bird. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin. [ 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 ]