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Medical Definition of Gastric stump
1. That portion of the stomach remaining after gastric surgery, usually gastrectomy or gastroenterostomy for cancer of the stomach or peptic ulcer. It is a common site of cancer referred to as stump cancer or carcinoma of the gastric stump. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastric Stump
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