Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gastric

/ˈɡæstɹɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: gas-tric
IPA: /ˈɡæstɹɪk/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the stomach.

Example Sentences

"This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says."

Etymology

From New Latin gastricus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós, “stomach”). By surface analysis, gastr- + -ic; Doublet of gastrique.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: gastricus, γαστήρ

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡæstɹɪk/

Derived Forms

agastric antegastric antigastric bradygastric cacogastric cardiogastric circumgastric dermogastric digastric duodenogastric endogastric enterogastric

Phrases

gastric acid gastric angle gastric balloon gastric band gastric cancer gastric dumping syndrome gastric fever gastric flu

Synonyms

stomachic stomachal

Questions

How do you pronounce gastric?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡæstɹɪk/.
What does gastric mean?: Of or relating to the stomach.
Where does gastric come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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