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But despite its advantages, gastric lavage has not been widely adopted.—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Researchers first looked at whether cinnamaldehyde is well absorbed when orally ingested by examining gastric and intestinal fluids.—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 May 2025 In 2004, early-stage stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer.—Linda Carroll, NBC news, 3 May 2025 First introduced for sharks in the 1980s, gastric lavage has been successfully used on various species, demonstrating high efficiency in recovering stomach contents.—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 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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