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gastroretention

gastroretention noun: the retention of a drug in the gastrointestinal tract.

Noun

gastroretention (uncountable)

  1. The retention of a drug in the gastrointestinal tract

Origin of gastroretention

From gastro- + retention.

Questions about gastroretention

What does gastroretention mean?
Gastroretention means the retention of a drug in the gastrointestinal tract.
What part of speech is gastroretention?
Gastroretention is a noun.

Words near gastroretention in the dictionary

  1. gastropyloric
  2. gastroraphy
  3. gastrorectal
  4. gastrorenal
  5. gastroresistant
  6. gastroretention
  7. gastroretentive
  8. gastrorrhagia
  9. gastrorrhaphies
  10. gastrorrhaphy
  11. gastrorrhea

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