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gastric balloons

gastric balloons is the plural of gastric balloon.

Meaning of gastric balloon

Noun

gastric balloon (plural gastric balloons)

  1. A temporary, non-surgical weight loss device placed inside the stomach to help a person feel full faster and eat less. The balloon is inserted through the mouth using an endoscope and is usually removed after several months.
    • This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says.2025 May 11, Imogen West-Knights, “‘I lost so much weight, my husband thought I was terminally ill’: why do people lie about taking Ozempic?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about gastric balloons

What is gastric balloons the plural of?
Gastric balloons is the plural of gastric balloon.

Words near gastric balloons in the dictionary

  1. gastric acid
  2. gastric acids
  3. gastric angle
  4. gastric angles
  5. gastric balloon
  6. gastric balloons
  7. gastric band
  8. gastric bands
  9. gastric cancer
  10. gastric dumping syndrome
  11. gastric fever

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