Etymology

orogastric

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; usually with reference to an enteral feeding tube passing through the mouth and into the stomach. Full definition →

English gastric ← Latin ōs ← Proto-Italic *ōs
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óh₃s
  2. Proto-Italic*ōs
  3. Latinōs
  4. Englishoro-
  5. Englishgastric
  6. English todayorogastric

From oro- + gastric.

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