gastrointestinal
IPA: gæstroʊɪntˈɛstʌnʌɫ
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines, and thus to digestion.
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Examples of "gastrointestinal" in Sentences
- Yogurt with active cultures may help certain gastrointestinal conditions, including:
- Lactose intolerance can be defined as a gastrointestinal disturbance, but the two terms are not synonyms.
- REICHMAN: Especially if you've had long-term gastrointestinal problems, you should be seeing a gastroenterologist.
- I've been stricken with some kind of long-term gastrointestinal malady, which I know is not giardia, because the giardia medicine didn't work.
- The tumor, which had invaded blood vessels and bucked the normal planes of tissue, was a rare kind of cancer called a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, or simply, a GIST.
- He highlights the drug Imatinib, marketed by Novartis as Gleevec in the United States, which is approved to treat a certain type of chronic myeloid leukemia and another type of cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
- ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2009) - In two new studies, presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego, researchers explored the connection between high stress, high exposure occupations and long-term gastrointestinal disorders.
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