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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.