gas‧tric /ˈɡæstrɪk/ adjective [only before noun] technical
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: gastricus, from Greek gaster 'stomach']

1. relating to your stomach:
gastric ulcers

2. gastric juices the acids in your stomach that break food into smaller parts

3. gastric flu an illness that makes you vomit and gives you diarrhoea

4. gastric bypass a medical operation done to treat a fat person, in which the top part of the stomach is divided from the rest of it and connected to the middle of the small intestine

5. gastric band a band that is put around someone's stomach, so that they feel full and eat less

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