Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- pertaining to the stomach.
adjective
- of, relating to, near, or involving the stomachgastric pains
1650s, with -ic + Greek gaster (genitive gastros) “stomach,” by dissimilation from *graster, literally “eater, devourer,” from gran “to gnaw, eat,” from PIE root *gras- “to devour” (cf. Greek grastis “green fodder,” Latin gramen “fodder, grass,” Old English cærse “cress”).
adj.
- Of, relating to, or associated with the stomach.
- Relating to or involving the stomach.
A descriptive term for things pertaining to the stomach.