Gassing () The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.

Gassing () Boasting; insincere or empty talk.

Gassy () Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.

Gast () To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast.

Gaster () To gast.

Gasteromycetes () An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

Gasteropod () Same as Gastropod.

Gasteropoda () Same as Gastropoda.

Gasteropodous () Same as Gastropodous.

Gastful () Alt. of Gastly

Gastly () See Ghastful, Ghastly.

Gastight () So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.

Gastness () See Ghastness.

Gastornis () A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.

Gastraea () A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula.

Gastralgia () Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders.

Gastric () Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery.

Gastriloquist () One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.

Gastriloquous () Ventriloquous.

Gastriloquy () A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.

Gastritis () Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.

Gastro- () A combining form from the Gr. /, /, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy.

Gastrocnemius () The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.

Gastrocolic () Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum.

Gastrodisc () That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst.

Gastroduodenal () Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery.

Gastroduodenitis () Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice.

Gastroelytrotomy () The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous.

Gastroenteric () Gastrointestinal.

Gastroenteritis () Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.

Gastroepiploic () Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.

Gastrohepatic () Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.

Gastrohysterotomy () Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.

Gastrointestinal () Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.

Gastrolith () See Crab's eyes, under Crab.

Gastrology () The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.

Gastromalacia () A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.

Gastromancy () A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach.

Gastromancy () A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.

Gastromyces () The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.

Gastromyth () One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist.

Gastronome () Alt. of Gastronomer

Gastronomer () One fond of good living; an epicure.

Gastronomic () Alt. of Gastronomical

Gastronomical () Pertaining to gastromony.

Gastronomist () A gastromomer.

Gastronomy () The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.

Gastrophrenic () Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament.

Gastropneumatic () Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes.

Gastropod () One of the Gastropoda.

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