gastric
adjective /ˈɡæstrɪk/
/ˈɡæstrɪk/
[only before noun] (medical)- connected with the stomach
- a gastric ulcer
- gastric juices (= the acids in your stomach that help you to digest food)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGastric is used with these nouns:- bypass
- flu
- surgery
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin gastricus, from Greek gastēr, gastr- ‘stomach’.