p. p. & a. See Aghast. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Gr.
n.
a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; to swell, as with lust. ] (Med.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Antiorgastic. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; gill + E. gastropoda. ] (Zool.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; in + &unr_; belly + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. engastrimythe. ] An ventriloquist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; the stomach. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Epigastric. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; over the belly;
Epigastric region. (Anat.)
n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anat.) The upper part of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. Flap, and Aghast. ] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [ Jocular ] Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being flabbergasted. [ Jocular ] London Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. gasten, g&aemacr_;sten to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See Aghast, Ghastly, and cf. Gaze. ] To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To gast. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; stomach + &unr_; a mushroom. ] (Bot.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The type genus of the
n. (Zool.) Same as Gastropod. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. (Zool.) Same as Gastropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Same as Gastropodous.
a. So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Ghastness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., from Gaston M. Plante, the discover + Gr. &unr_; bird. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the stomach. ] (Biol.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastræa theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; pain. ] (Med.) Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach: cf. F. gastrique. ] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach;
Gastric digestion (Physiol.),
Gastric fever (Med.),
Gastric juice (Physiol.),
Gastric remittent fever (Med.),
n. [ Gr.
a. Ventriloquous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., from. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]
A combining form from the Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; the calf of the leg. ] (Anat.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gastro- + colic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon;
n. [ Gastro- + disc. ] (Biol.) That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gastro- + -duodenal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum;
n. [ NL. See Gastroduodenal, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gastro- + Gr &unr_; sheath + &unr_; a cutting ] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gastro- + -enteric. ] (Anat. & Med.) Gastrointestinal. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Gastroenrteric, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gastro- + -epiploic. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gastro- + -hepatic. ] (Med.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric;
n. [ Gastro- + Gr. &unr_; womb + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gastro- + -intestinal. ] (Anat. & Med.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gastro- + -lith. ] (Zool.) See