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gastro- definition

gastro- (gas′trō, -trə)

  1. stomach gastroscope
  2. stomach and gastrocolic

Etymology: < Gr gastēr, the stomach < *grastēr, lit., eater, gnawer < gran, to gnaw, devour < IE base *gras-, to devour > L gramen, grass

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