You use gastric to describe processes, pain, or illnesses that occur in someone's stomach.
[medicine]
He suffered from diabetes and gastric ulcers.
Synonyms: stomach, abdominal, intestinal, duodenal More Synonyms of gastric
gastric in British English
(ˈɡæstrɪk)
adjective
of, relating to, near, or involving the stomach
gastric pains
gastric in American English
(ˈgæstrɪk)
adjective
of, in, or near the stomach
Word origin
gastro- + -ic
Examples of 'gastric' in a sentence
gastric
That proved to me that the hypnotic gastric band was extraordinarily effective.
The Sun (2013)
The following year she took the drastic step of opting for gastric bypass surgery.
The Sun (2016)
Now the taxpayer will have to fork out again to fund the gastric band operation.
The Sun (2012)
She has a gastric band in her stomach.
The Sun (2007)
That is why these people often need gastric band surgery.
The Sun (2011)
Maybe she would be better off launching a range of designer gastric bands.
The Sun (2008)
One treatment for seriously overweight patients is gastric band surgery.
The Sun (2013)
He recovered and the following year underwent gastric bypass surgery to help control his weight.
The Sun (2010)
She underwent the gastric bypass surgery in June last year.
The Sun (2013)
But after a gastric bypass op she slimmed to 13st and her sight has returned to normal.
The Sun (2010)
It's a much healthier way to lose weight than a gastric bypass.
The Sun (2015)
She was then given a gastric band operation at a hospital in Birmingham.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And in October he had a gastric op to reduce his stomach size.
The Sun (2013)
Her gastric bypass has already cost 28,000 because she was so big she needed specialist equipment.
The Sun (2014)
In 2005 he had a gastric bypass operation.
The Sun (2010)
Unlike a gastric band, it does not require any surgery.
The Sun (2015)
Once the gastric band is in place, diets must be followed meticulously.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It limits your stomach size so you cannot hold much food at once and is a far bigger operation than a gastric band op.
The Sun (2009)
I am having gastric bypass surgery next month after years of consideration.
The Sun (2015)
Forget a gastric band operation.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There are very few situations in which I feel like the gastric bypass was a waste.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Over the next three years she made numerous trips overseas for surgery, and lost her bulk with an 8,000 gastric band op.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
gastric
British English: gastric ADJECTIVE
You use gastric to describe processes, pain, or illnesses that occur in someone's stomach.
He suffered from diabetes and gastric ulcers.
American English: gastric
Brazilian Portuguese: gástrico
Chinese: 胃部的
European Spanish: gástrico
French: gastrique
German: Magen-
Italian: gastrico
Japanese: 胃の
Korean: 위의
European Portuguese: gástrico
Latin American Spanish: gástrico
All related terms of 'gastric'
gastric flu
inflammation of the stomach and intestines
gastric band
A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
gastric juice
a digestive fluid secreted by the stomach , containing hydrochloric acid, pepsin , rennin , etc
gastric ulcer
an ulcer of the mucous membrane lining the stomach
gastric balloon
an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
gastric bypass
a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine , performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity
(adjective)
Definition
of the stomach
a gastric ulcer
Synonyms
stomach
abdominal
vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain
intestinal
The intestinal tract is examined with a special viewing device.
duodenal
enteric
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abdominal
vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain
Synonyms
gastric,
intestinal,
visceral,
stomachic,
stomachical
in the sense of intestinal
The intestinal tract is examined with a special viewing device.