Definition of Gastric digestion

1. Noun. The process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach.

Generic synonyms: Digestion

Medical Definition of Gastric digestion

1. That part of digestion, chiefly of the proteins, carried on in the stomach by the enzymes of the gastric juice. Synonym: peptic digestion. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastric Digestion

gastric arteries
gastric artery
gastric atrophy
gastric balloon
gastric branches of anterior vagal trunk
gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk
gastric calculus
gastric canal
gastric cancer
gastric carcinoma
gastric cardia
gastric colic
gastric crisis
gastric diastole
gastric digestion (current term)
gastric emptying
gastric feeding
gastric filling defects
gastric fistula
gastric folds
gastric follicles
gastric freezing
gastric fundus
gastric glands
gastric haemorrhage
gastric hypersecretion
gastric impression
gastric indigestion
gastric inhibitory polypeptide

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