di|gas|tric

di|gas|tric
di|gas|tric «dy GAS trihk», adjective, noun. Anatomy.
–adj.
designating or having to do with a muscle having two fleshy parts connected by a tendon: »

a digastric or two-bellied muscle.

–n.
a muscle of the lower jaw, thick at its extremities and thin and tendinous in the middle, by which the hyoid bone is raised in swallowing.
[< New Latin digastricus < Greek di- two + gast, gastrós stomach (because of the shape)]

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  • gas|tric — «GAS trihk», adjective. 1. of or having to do with the stomach. 2. near the stomach. ╂[< Greek gast , gastrós stomach + English ic] …   Useful english dictionary

  • tri|gas|tric — «try GAS trihk», adjective. Anatomy. having three fleshy bellies, as certain muscles. ╂[< tri + Greek gast , gastrós stomach, belly + ic] …   Useful english dictionary

  • cac|o|gas|tric — «KAK uh GAS trihk», adjective. having to do with a disordered stomach. ╂[< Greek kakós bad + English gastric] …   Useful english dictionary

  • en|do|gas|tric — «EHN doh GAS trihk», adjective. situated within the abdomen …   Useful english dictionary

  • en|to|gas|tric — «EHN tuh GAS trihk», adjective. of or having to do with the interior of the stomach …   Useful english dictionary

  • ep|i|gas|tric — «EHP uh GAS trihk», adjective. of or having to do with the region immediately above the stomach. ╂[< epigastr(ium) + ic] …   Useful english dictionary

  • he|mo|gas|tric — «HEE muh GAS trihk, HEHM uh », adjective. characterized by the pouring out of blood into the stomach: »hemogastric fever …   Useful english dictionary

  • hy|po|gas|tric — «HY puh GAS trihk, HIHP uh », adjective. of or having to do with the lower middle region of the abdomen: »hypogastric diseases …   Useful english dictionary

  • mes|o|gas|tric — «MEHS uh GAS trihk, MEE suh », adjective. of or having to do with the mesogastrium; umbilical …   Useful english dictionary

  • pneu|mo|gas|tric — «NOO muh GAS trihk, NYOO », adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or having to do with the lungs and the stomach or abdomen. 2. of or having to do with a vagus nerve. –n. = vagus nerve. (Cf. ↑vagus nerve) ╂[< Greek pneúmōn lung + English gastric] …   Useful english dictionary

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