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isturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon.

In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.

Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders.

Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice. -- Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms;…

One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.

A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.

Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.

Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum.

Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery.

Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice.

Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.

Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.

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

Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.

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.]

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