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Autistic people are disproportionately vulnerable to chronic health conditions such as dysautonomia, gastric and/or allergy disorders, which would benefit from a less polluted, cleaner food chain.—Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Katie was diagnosed with stage 4 gastric adenocarcinoma, a rare form of stomach cancer, at the beginning of the year and was undergoing chemotherapy in the months since.—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The actress' death was due to gastric cancer and cardiac arrest, family friend and spokesperson Sandra Jones confirmed to ABC News.—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 Some research indicates that xylitol reduces food intake by slowing food movement through your digestive system (gastric emptying).—Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gastric
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Etymology
Greek gastr-, gastēr, alteration of *grastēr, from gran to gnaw, eat
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