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gastrokinetic

gastrokinetic adjective: serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.

Adjective

gastrokinetic (not comparable)

  1. Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.

Noun

gastrokinetic (plural gastrokinetics)

  1. A gastrokinetic drug.
    Synonyms:
    prokinetic

Synonyms of gastrokinetic

Forms of gastrokinetic

pluralgastrokinetics

Origin of gastrokinetic

From gastro- + kinetic.

Questions about gastrokinetic

What does gastrokinetic mean?
Gastrokinetic means serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
What part of speech is gastrokinetic?
Gastrokinetic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near gastrokinetic in the dictionary

  1. gastrojejunostomies
  2. gastrojejunostomy
  3. gastrokine
  4. gastrokines
  5. gastrokinesis
  6. gastrokinetic
  7. gastrokinetics
  8. gastrolater
  9. gastrolaters
  10. gastrolatrous
  11. gastrolatry

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