The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγαστήρ“belly”
- English todaygastrorrhagia
From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”) and ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “to burst forth”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγαστήρ all →
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