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These include cancers, gastric inflammation, reproductive harm and dementia as microplastics are being found at increasing levels in humans.—Andria Ventura, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025 Theodor Billroth made history by performing the first gastric resection in 1879, which became the breakthrough for modern stomach cancer treatment.—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025 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 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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