Definition of Gastrec
Gas"tric (?), a. [Gr. &?;, &?;,
stomach: cf. F. gastrique.] 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; -- a name applied to
certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of
the stomach attended with fever. -- Gastric
juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an
acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the
mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute
hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important
digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods. --
Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form
of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of or relating to the stomach.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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