Part 4723

<h1>Gastropneumatic</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas`tro*pneu*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gastro-</ets> + <ets>pneumatic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; <as>as, the <ex>gastropneumatic</ex> mucuos membranes</as>.</def>

<h1>Gastropod</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"tro*pod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Gastropoda.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gasteropod</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Gastropoda</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*trop"o*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>, <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, stomach + <ets>-poda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>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 <er>Mollusca</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Gasteropoda</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: (<stype>a</stype>) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. (<stype>b</stype>) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (<stype>c</stype>) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.</note>

<h1>Gastropodous</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*trop"o*dous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.</def>

<h1>Gastroraphy</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*tror"a*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/; <?/, <?/, stomach + <?/ a sewing, fr. <?/ to sew: cf. F. <ets>gastrorrhaphie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.</def>

<i>Quincy.</i>

<h1>Gastroscope</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"tro*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gastro-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.</def>

<h1>Gastroscopic</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas`tro*scop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.</def>

<h1>Gastroscopy</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*tros"co*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.</def>

<h1>Gastrosplenic</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas`tro*splen"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gastro-</ets> + <ets>splenic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; <as>as, the <ex>gastrosplenic</ex> ligament</as>.</def>

<h1>Gastrostege</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*tros"tege</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gastro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ roof.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.</def>

<h1>Gastrostomy</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*tros"to*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gastro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.</def>

<h1>Gastrotomy</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*trot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gastro</ets> + Gr. <?/ to cut: cf. F. <ets>gastrotomie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.</def>

<h1>Gastrotricha</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*trot"ri*cha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>, <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ belly + <?/, <?/, hair.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>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.</def>