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dermogastric

dermogastric adjective: connecting the skin and the stomach.

Adjective

dermogastric (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Connecting the skin and the stomach.
    • The number of these pore-canals (dermogastric pores), which have consequently a dermal and gastric orifice, is […]1878, Carl Gegenbaur, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, translated by F. J. Bell, Elements of comparative anatomy
    • Straus-Durkheim (1845) described the Panniculus carnosus in the cat, dividing it into two distinct portions, a ventral layer which he called the dermogastric muscle and a dorsal mass, the dermohumeral muscle.1924, Journal of Mammalogy, volume 5, page 54

Origin of dermogastric

From dermo- + gastric.

Questions about dermogastric

What does dermogastric mean?
Dermogastric means connecting the skin and the stomach.
What part of speech is dermogastric?
Dermogastric is an adjective.

Words near dermogastric in the dictionary

  1. dermocosmetic
  2. dermocosmetics
  3. dermoepidermal
  4. dermofasciectomies
  5. dermofasciectomy
  6. dermogastric
  7. dermogenic
  8. dermoglandular
  9. dermograph
  10. dermographia
  11. dermographic

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