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gastric

relating to the stomach

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Where does the word "gastric" come from? It comes from Greek gaster, and was adopted directly into English (1650s).

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Where does the word "gastric" come from? It comes from Greek gaster, and was adopted directly into English (1650s).

Gastric’s story begins in Greek: gaster meant “the stomach.” The stomach, the root of anything relating to digestion. It reached English by 1650s as gastric. Settled as the medical word for anything relating to the stomach. Today, gastric means relating to the stomach.

  1. Stage 1 · Greek · ancient gaster "the stomach", the stomach, the root of anything relating to digestion.
  2. Stage 2 · English · 1650s gastric "relating to the stomach", settled as the medical word for anything relating to the stomach.

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