gastricism

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noun

Any gastric disorder, such as dyspepsia or indigestion.

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Meanings

noungastricism (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountablemedicineAny gastric disorder, such as dyspepsia or indigestion.

    Hence it happens, that, unreflecting physicians are often ignorant of the true efficient cause of this disease, for, among the non-natural causes and gastricism they find the usual cause of its being […]

    1878, C. F. Panelli, A Treatise on Typhoid Fever: And Its Homoeopathic Treatment, page 50

Origin

From gastric + -ism.

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Chicago

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