gastric fever

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gastric fever - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gastric \Gas"tric\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.]
     Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the
     gastric artery.
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     Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of the
        albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and
        diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric
        juice.
  
     Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent
        gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of
        typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the
        stomach attended with fever.
  
     Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an
        acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands
        contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It
        consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the
        ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid
        in the body, but acts only on proteid foods.
  
     Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever
        with pronounced stomach symptoms.
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