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Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.

Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.

Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean.

Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.

See Crab's eyes, under Crab.

The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.

A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post- morten change.

A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach.

The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.

One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [Obs.]

One fond of good living; an epicure. Sir W. Scott.

Pertaining to gastromony.

A gastromomer.

The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.

Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.

o the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.

One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]

e body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]

Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.

The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy.