| CACOGASTRIC | • cacogastric adj. (Rare) Troubled with bad digestion. • CACOGASTRIC adj. of or relating to an upset stomach. |
| HYPOGASTRIA | • hypogastria n. Plural of hypogastrium. • HYPOGASTRIUM n. (Latin) the lower middle abdominal region. |
| HYPOGASTRIC | • hypogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium. • HYPOGASTRIC adj. pertaining to lower middle abdominal region. |
| MESOGASTRIA | • mesogastria n. Plural of mesogastrium. • MESOGASTRIUM n. the mesentery supporting the embryonic stomach. |
| MESOGASTRIC | • mesogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach. • mesogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesogaster. • mesogastric adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab. |
| MONOGASTRIC | • monogastric adj. (Zoology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach. • monogastric n. (Zoology) Any organism with a simple single-chambered stomach. • MONOGASTRIC adj. having a stomach with only a single compartment. |
| NASOGASTRIC | • nasogastric adj. (Medicine) Pertaining both to the nose and to the stomach. • nasogastric adj. (Medicine, usually and more specifically) Pertaining to nasogastric intubation, wherein a tube is inserted… • NASOGASTRIC adj. being or performed by intubation of the stomach through the nasal passages. |
| HYPOGASTRIUM | • hypogastrium n. An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus. • HYPOGASTRIUM n. (Latin) the lower middle abdominal region. |
| MESOGASTRIUM | • mesogastrium n. (Anatomy) The part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach. • MESOGASTRIUM n. the mesentery supporting the embryonic stomach. |
| THEOLOGASTER | • theologaster n. (Rare) A poor theologian; someone who merely pretends to be a theologian. • THEOLOGASTER n. a petty or shallow theologian. |
| PNEUMOGASTRIC | • pneumogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. • pneumogastric adj. (Anatomy) vagus (attributive). • pneumogastric n. (Anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to… |
| THEOLOGASTERS | • theologasters n. Plural of theologaster. • THEOLOGASTER n. a petty or shallow theologian. |
| ENTEROGASTRONE | • enterogastrone n. Any hormone secreted by the mucosa of the duodenum in the lower gastrointestinal tract in response to… • ENTEROGASTRONE n. a hormone that is produced by the duodenal mucosa and has an inhibitory action on gastric motility and secretion. |
| PNEUMOGASTRICS | • pneumogastrics n. Plural of pneumogastric. • PNEUMOGASTRIC n. the vagus. |
| STOMATOGASTRIC | • stomatogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach. • STOMATOGASTRIC adj. of or relating to the mouth and stomach, or the upper alimentary tract. |
| ENTEROGASTRONES | • enterogastrones n. Plural of enterogastrone. • ENTEROGASTRONE n. a hormone that is produced by the duodenal mucosa and has an inhibitory action on gastric motility and secretion. |