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# gastric

adjective

«gastric» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gastric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gastric/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gastric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gastric.html) on Mova free.