Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastro-enteric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat. & Med.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
stomach andintestines .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the stomach and intestines
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Examples
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Yogurt with active cultures may help certain gastrointestinal conditions, including:
Archive 2007-10-01 Steve Carper 2007
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Yogurt with active cultures may help certain gastrointestinal conditions, including:
Why There Won't Be War With Iran Steve Carper 2007
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I've been stricken with some kind of long-term gastrointestinal malady, which I know is not giardia, because the giardia medicine didn't work.
Alone Time gan_bei 2008
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I've been stricken with some kind of long-term gastrointestinal malady, which I know is not giardia, because the giardia medicine didn't work.
gan_bei: Alone Time gan_bei 2008
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REICHMAN: Especially if you've had long-term gastrointestinal problems, you should be seeing a gastroenterologist.
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2009) - In two new studies, presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego, researchers explored the connection between high stress, high exposure occupations and long-term gastrointestinal disorders.
unknown title 2009
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He highlights the drug Imatinib, marketed by Novartis as Gleevec in the United States, which is approved to treat a certain type of chronic myeloid leukemia and another type of cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Genetic research venture in Fairfax County loses funding and falls apart 2010
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The tumor, which had invaded blood vessels and bucked the normal planes of tissue, was a rare kind of cancer called a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, or simply, a GIST.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Lactose intolerance can be defined as a gastrointestinal disturbance, but the two terms are not synonyms.
Lactose Intolerance Doesn't Cause Bad Breath Steve Carper 2008
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He highlights the drug Imatinib, marketed by Novartis as Gleevec in the United States, which is approved to treat a certain type of chronic myeloid leukemia and another type of cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Genetic research venture in Fairfax County loses funding and falls apart 2010
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