gastric : Idioms & Phrases

• noun digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase
  gastric acid.
  

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• noun an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)
  alkaliser; antacid; alkalizer; antiacid.
  

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• noun the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach
  arteria gastrica.
  

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• noun the process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach
  

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• (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice.

Webster 1913

• (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.

Webster 1913

• noun digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase
  gastric acid.
  

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• (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.

Webster 1913

• noun washing out the stomach with sterile water or a saltwater solution; removes blood or poisons
  
  • when the doctor ordered a gastric lavage the hospital pumped out my stomach

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• noun thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
  gizzard; ventriculus.
  

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• (Med.), a form of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms.

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• noun alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the stomach
  

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• noun a peptic ulcer of the stomach
  

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• noun one of several veins draining the stomach walls
  vena gastrica.
  

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• noun a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus
  arteria gastrica sinistra.
  

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• noun arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
  vena gastrica sinistra.
  

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• noun a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature
  ateria gastrica dextra.
  

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• noun receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein
  pyloric vein; vena gastrica-dextra.
  

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• noun several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach
  vasa brevis; arteria gastrica breves.
  

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