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pregastric

pregastric adjective: before (reaching) the stomach (digestion etc).

Adjective

pregastric (not comparable)

  1. Before (reaching) the stomach (digestion etc)

Origin of pregastric

From pre- + gastric.

Questions about pregastric

What does pregastric mean?
Pregastric means before (reaching) the stomach (digestion etc).
What part of speech is pregastric?
Pregastric is an adjective.

Words near pregastric in the dictionary

  1. preganglionic
  2. preganglionics
  3. pregante
  4. pregap
  5. pregaps
  6. pregastric
  7. pregastrula
  8. pregastrulation
  9. pregavage
  10. pregelatinised
  11. pregelatinize

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