Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the stomach and intestines, and thus to digestion.
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She has always struggled with her gastrointestinal health, and when she started to have symptoms similar to those of colorectal cancer, she called her primary care physician, who referred her to a gastroenterologist, who ordered a colonoscopy. She did not have cancer.
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Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to the stomach and intestines
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gres-
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́ω (grắō)
- Ancient Greekγᾰστήρ (găstḗr)
- Englishgastro-
- Englishintestinal
- Englishgastrointestinal
From gastro- + intestinal.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَعِدِيّ مَعَوِيّ
- مَعِدِيّ مَعَوِيّ (maʕidiyy maʕawiyy)of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Catalan gastrointestinal
- gastrointestinalof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Chinese Mandarin 胃肠, 肠胃
- 胃肠 (wèicháng)of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
- 肠胃 (chángwèi)of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Czech gastrointestinální
- gastrointestinálníof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Dutch gastro-intestinaal
- gastro-intestinaalof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Finnish gastrointestinaalinen, maha-suoli-
- gastrointestinaalinenof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
- maha-suoli-of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
French gastrointestinal
- gastrointestinalof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
German Magen-Darm-
- Magen-Darm-of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Greek γαστρεντερικός
- γαστρεντερικός (gastrenterikós)of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Indonesian gastrointestinal
- gastrointestinalof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Italian gastrointestinale
- gastrointestinaleof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Malay gastrousus
- gastroususof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Polish żołądkowo-jelitowy
- żołądkowo-jelitowyof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Portuguese gastrointestinal
- gastrointestinalof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Romanian gastrointestinal
- gastrointestinalof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Russian желудочно-кише́чный
- желудочно-кише́чный (želudočno-kišéčnyj)of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Spanish gastrointestinal
- gastrointestinalof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Swedish gastrointestinal
- gastrointestinalof or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Ukrainian шлунко́во-кишкови́й
- шлунко́во-кишкови́й (šlunkóvo-kyškovýj)of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines
Cite this entry
gastrointestinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastrointestinal
“gastrointestinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastrointestinal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gastrointestinal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastrointestinal.
Source: gastrointestinal on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.