‖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;
Gastric digestion (Physiol.),
Gastric fever (Med.),
Gastric juice (Physiol.),
Gastric remittent fever (Med.),
n. [ Gr.
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;