gastr-, gastro-, gaster-, gastero-, gastri-, -gastria-

1. A part of the body involved in both digestion and circulation, e.g. the central body cavity of some jellyfish.
2. Gastrovascular cavity, as the name indicates, functions in both digestion and the transport of nutrients to all parts of an animal body.

The art of cooking and eating horseflesh.

Descriptive of something that leads to, is moved to, or which is transported into the stomach.

Examination of the interior of the stomach through an abdominal incision.

Surgical creation of a permanent gastric fistula through the abdominal wall.

Inspection of the interior of the stomach after a gastrotomy.

One whose enthusiasm for words outstrips his knowledge of them.

1. Mental impairment characterized by a defective ability to understand the spoken word.
2. Disturbance of that faculty of the mind that deals with speech.

Anyone who performs divination with magic or astrology.