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These medications can delay gastric emptying and slow down your digestive tract, which means getting enough fiber is key to keeping things moving and staying comfortable.—Lauren Manaker, SELF, 10 Mar. 2026 Studies have found that warmer liquids can accelerate gastric emptying, effectively waking up the gut.—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026 Petrelintide is an amylin analog that targets a hormone produced in the pancreas that affects appetite and slows gastric emptying, rather than the GLP-1 or GIP gut hormones targeted by weight-loss treatments currently on the market, such as Novo’s Wegovy and Lilly’s Zepbound.—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026 Healthy fats to help slow gastric emptying and blunt glucose spikes.—Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gastric
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Etymology
Greek gastr-, gastēr, alteration of *grastēr, from gran to gnaw, eat