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gastroprotection

gastroprotection noun: gastroprotective activity.

Noun

gastroprotection (uncountable)

  1. gastroprotective activity
    • To determine the possible mechanism by which substances can act to promote gastroprotection, several antioxidants molecules such as quercetin and curcumin were previously investigated.2015 August 20, Kaïs Rtibi et al., “Gastroprotective effect of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) against ethanol-induced oxidative stress in rat”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15...

Origin of gastroprotection

From gastro- + protection.

Questions about gastroprotection

What does gastroprotection mean?
Gastroprotection means gastroprotective activity.
What part of speech is gastroprotection?
Gastroprotection is a noun.

Words near gastroprotection in the dictionary

  1. gastropores
  2. gastroporn
  3. gastroprokinetic
  4. gastroprotectant
  5. gastroprotectants
  6. gastroprotection
  7. gastroprotective
  8. gastroprotectiveness
  9. gastropterid
  10. gastropterids
  11. gastroptoses

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