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The branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases
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gastroenterology
Word definitions for gastroenterology in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gastroenterology ( MeSH heading) is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. Diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract , which include the organs from mouth to anus , along the alimentary canal , are the focus of this ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1904, from gastro- + enterology .\nRelated: Gastroenterologist .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The study of the digestive system, from mouth to anus. May also include the study of accessory organs: pancreas, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases
Usage examples of gastroenterology.
That guy could have been one of the giants of gastroenterology, except he convinced so many people he was out of his mind.
He also told Tracy to remind the clerk to call him when the gastroenterology consult arrived.
Short, chubby, scrubbed to a shine, the Fish had just completed his training in Gastroenterology, the specialty of the House.
Finally, upon the advice of my cousin, chief of gastroenterology at Mount Sinai, I had my wife committed to the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Institute of Psychiatry.