gastr/o

Medical Root
gastr/o

gastr/o means stomach (from the Greek).

What does gastr/o mean?

The root gastr/o means "stomach". It is used to build many medical terms, and comes from the Greek.

Example words using gastr/o

WordMeaning
gastritisinflammation of the stomach
gastroenterologystudy of stomach and intestines

Related word parts

enter/o · hepat/o

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