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# gastric

«gastric» in Mova's school dictionary: **About the stomach** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

About the stomach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health, gastric juice in the stomach contains acid that helps break down food; a «gastric bug» or «gastric flu» is an illness of the stomach and gut, often with sickness and diarrhoea. In medicine, «gastric» appears in words like gastric ulcer. Phrases: «gastric juice», «gastric bug», «gastric pain».

### examples

- Gastric juice helps break down food in the stomach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/#x1)
- Half the class was off with a gastric bug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/#x2)
- The doctor asked about his gastric pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/#x3)
- Gastric acid is strong enough to kill many germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/#x4)
- Wash your hands to stop gastric illnesses spreading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/#x5)
- A gastric ulcer is a sore in the stomach lining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/#x6)

### note

Formal or medical; everyday word is «stomach» or «tummy». From Greek «gaster», stomach. «Gastric flu» is not real flu; it is a stomach bug caused by other germs.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gastric» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.