Gastric

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Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, thegastric artery. Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of thealbuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusibleproducts by the solvent action of gastric juice.-- Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastricsymptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also,to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever.-- Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acidreaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in themucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilutehydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most importantdigestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods.-- Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever withpronounced stomach symptoms.

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To light a fart.