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The medications are known to delay gastric emptying, slowing down how quickly alcohol gets absorbed.—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025 In those tests, MEDS was able to deposit bio-ink in the gastric tracts of rabbits.—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025 That includes colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer and biliary tract cancer.—Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025 The technology has already been used to treat artificial ulcers on simulated gastric tissue, and to deposit the bio-ink in the digestive tracts of rabbits who did not have ulcers.—Ben Coxworth
october 16, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 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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