Gas*tril"o*quy (?), n. A voice or utterance which appears to proceed
from the stomach; ventriloquy.
||Gas*tri"tis (?), n. [NL., from. Gr. &?;, &?;, stomach + -itis.]
||(Med.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.
Gas"tro- (?). A combining form from the Gr. &?;, &?;, the stomach, or
belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy.
Gas`troc*ne"mi*us (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; the calf of the leg.]
(Anat.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.
Gas`tro*col"ic (?), a. [Gastro- + colic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to both
the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum.
Gas`tro*disc (?), n. [Gastro- + disc.] (Biol.) That part of blastoderm
where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the
epibladst.
Gas`tro*du"o*de"nal (?), a. [Gastro- + -duodenal.] (Anat.) Pertaining
to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery.
Gas`tro*du`o*de*ni"tis (?), n. [NL. See Gastroduodenal, and -itis.]
(Med.) Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most
frequent causes of jaundice.
Gas`tro*el`y*trot"o*my (?), n. [Gastro- + Gr &?; sheath + &?; a
cutting] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the
vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the
purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the CÊsarean
operation, and less dangerous.
Gas`tro*en*te"ric (?), a. [Gastro- + -enteric.] (Anat. & Med.)
Gastrointestinal.
||Gas`tro*en`te*ri"tis (?), n. [NL. See Gastroenrteric, and -itis.]
||(Med.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the
||intestines.
Gas`tro*ep`i*plo"ic (?), a. [Gastro- + -epiploic.] (Anat.) Of or
pertaining to the stomach and omentum.
Gas`tro*he*pat"ic (?), a. [Gastro- + -hepatic.] (Med.) Pertaining to
the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser,
omentum.
Gas`tro*hys`ter*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gastro- + Gr. &?; womb + &?; to cut.]
(Surg.) CÊsarean section. See under CÊsarean.
Gas`tro*in*tes"ti*nal (?), a. [Gastro- + -intestinal.] (Anat. & Med.)
Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.
Gas`tro*lith (?), n. [Gastro- + -lith.] (Zoˆl.) See Crab's eyes, under
Crab.
Gas*trol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr &?;; &?;, &?;, stomach + &?; discourse: cf.
F. gastrologie.] The science which treats of the structure and
functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.
||Gas`tro*ma*la"ci*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, stomach + &?;
||softness, fr. &?; soft.] (Med.) A softening of the coats of the
||stomach; -- usually a post- morten change.
Gas`tro*man"cy (?), n. [Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy.] (Antiq.)
(a) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the
stomach. (b) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other
round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed
to appear by magic art.
||Gas`tro*my"ces (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, stomach + &?;, &?;, a
||fungus.] (Biol.) The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach;
||such as Torula, etc.
Gas"tro*myth (?), n. [Gastro- + Gr. &?; to say, speak.] One whose voice
appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [Obs.]
{ Gas"tro*nome (?), Gas*tron"o*mer (?), } n. [F. gastronome, fr. Gr.
&?;, &?;, stomach + &?; law, &?; to distribute.] One fond of good
living; an epicure. Sir W. Scott.
Gas`tro*nom"ic (?), Gas`tro*nom"ic*al (&?;), a. [Cf. F. gastronomique.]
Pertaining to gastromony.
Gas*tron"o*mist (?), n. A gastromomer.
Gas*tron"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. gastronomie.] The art or science
of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.
Gas`tro*phren"ic (?), a. [Gastro- + -phrenic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to
the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.
Gas`tro*pneu*mat"ic (?), a. [Gastro- + pneumatic.] (Anat.) Pertaining
to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected
with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.
Gas"tro*pod (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Gastropoda. [Written also
gasteropod.]
||Gas*trop"o*da (?), n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, stomach + -poda.]
||(Zoˆl.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes
||most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water
||snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or
||foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or
||two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]
The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: (a) The
Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata,
Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. (b) The Euthyneura,
including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c) The Amphineura,
including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
Gas*trop"o*dous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.
Gas*tror"a*phy (?), n. [Gr.&?;; &?;, &?;, stomach + &?; a sewing, fr.
&?; to sew: cf. F. gastrorrhaphie.] (Surg.) The operation of sewing up
wounds of the abdomen. Quincy.
Gas"tro*scope (?), n. [Gastro- + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for
viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.
Gas`tro*scop"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
Gas*tros"co*py (?), n. (Med.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as
with the gastroscope.
Gas`tro*splen"ic (?), n. [Gastro- + splenic.] (Anat.) Pertaining to
the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament.
Gas*tros"tege (?), n. [Gastro- + Gr. &?; roof.] (Zoˆl.) One of the
large scales on the belly of a serpent.
Gas*tros"to*my (?), n. [Gastro- + Gr. &?; mouth.] (Surg.) The operation
of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of
food.
Gas*trot"o*my (?), n. [Gastro + Gr. &?; to cut: cf. F. gastrotomie.]
(Surg.) A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.
||Gas*trot"ri*cha (?), n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. &?; belly + &?;, &?;,
||hair.] (Zoˆl.) 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.
||Gas*trot"ro*cha (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, stomach + &?; a
||wheel.] (Zoˆl.) A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral
||side.
Gas`tro*vas"cu*lar (?), a. [Gastro- + -vascular.] (Zoˆl.) Having the
structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and
circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of cúlenterates.
||Gas"tru*la (?), n.; pl. GastrulÊ (#) [NL., dim. fr. Gr. &?; the
||stomach.] (Biol.) An embryonic form having its origin in the
||invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula
||(the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double- walled
||sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the
||cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See
||Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage
||in embryonic development. See GastrÊa. -- a. Of or pertaining to a
||gastrula.
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Gas`tru*la"tion (gs`tr*l"shn), n. (Biol.) The process of invagination,
in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.
||Gas*tru"ra (gs*tr"r), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gasth`r belly + o'yra`
||tail.] (Zoˆl.) See Stomatopoda.
Gas*tru"rous (-rs), a. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the Gastrura.