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GASTROSCOPE n.
An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.
GASTROSCOPIC a.
Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
GASTROSCOPY n.
Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
GASTROSPLENIC n.
Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.
GASTROSTEGE n.
One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.
GASTROSTOMY n.
The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.
GASTROTOMY n.
A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.
GASTROTRICHA n.
A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids.
GASTROTROCHA n.
A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side.
GASTROVASCULAR a.
structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of coelenterates.
GASTRULA n. 2 definitions
under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastræa. -- a.
GASTRULATION n.
The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.
GASTRURA n.
See Stomatopoda.
GASTRUROUS a.
Pertaining to the Gastrura.
AGASP adv.
In a state of gasping. Coleridge.
AGAST p.
See Aghast.
AGAST; AGHAST v.
To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
AGASTRIC a.
Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.
AIR GAS n.
See under Gas.
ANTIORGASTIC a.
Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
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