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physogastry
noun
phy·so·gas·try
variants: less commonly
physogastrism
Definition of physogastry
physogastries
alsophysogastrisms
: the condition (as of some termitophiles) of having the abdomen greatly distended — compare stenogastry
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Origin and Etymology of physogastry
physogastry International Scientific Vocabulary phys- + gastr- + -y; physogastrism from phys- + gastr- + -ism
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