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REBOOT: "Gastro-" and etymologizing all things regarding the stomach

from Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution · host Liam Connerly

My links:My Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/rhetoricrevolutionSend me a voice message!: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liam-connerlyTikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mrconnerly?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connerlyliam/Podcast | Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution https://open.spotify.com/show/0EjiYFx1K4lwfykjf5jApM?si=b871da6367d74d92YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MrConnerly gastrointestinal esophageal reflux disease (GERD)gastro-also gastero-, before vowels gastr-, scientific word-forming element meaning "stomach," from Greek gastro-, combining form of gaster (genitive gastros) "belly, paunch; womb"intestine (n.)"lower part of the alimentary canal," early 15c., from Old French intestin (14c.) or directly from Latin intestinum "a gut," in plural (intestina), "intestines, bowels," noun use of neuter of adjective intestinus "inward, internal," from intus "within, on the inside"esophagus (n.)from Greek oisophagos "gullet, passage for food," literally "what carries and eats.”reflux (n.)early 15c., "a flowing back" (of the sea, etc.), from Medieval Latin refluxus, from Latin re- "back, again" + fluxus "a flowing," from fluere "to flow"gastrocnemius (n.) = “stomach of the lower leg”Gastritis (n.)gastro-also gastero-, before vowels gastr-, scientific word-forming element meaning "stomach," from Greek gastro-, combining form of gaster (genitive gastros) "belly, paunch; womb.”-itisword-forming element in medicine denoting "diseases characterized by inflammation" (of the specified part), Modern Latin, from Greek -itis.Gastro-enteritis (n.) - Gastroenteritis is inflammation of the lining of the stomach and small and large intestines. Most cases are infectious, although gastroenteritis may occur after ingestion of drugs and chemical toxins (eg, metals, plant substances)enteritis (n.)"acute inflammation of the bowels," 1808, medical Latin, coined c. 1750 by French pathologist François-Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (1706-1767), from enteron "intestine" + -itis "inflammation."Gastrectomy - surgical removal of a part or the whole of the stomach.-ectomyword-forming element meaning "surgical removal of," from Latinized form of Greek -ektomia "a cutting out of," from ektemnein "to cut out," from ek "out" + temnein "to cut."gastro-enterology (n.) - the study of the normal function and diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts and liver.from enteron "intestine" and -ology referring to the “study of.”gastropod (n.) - The gastropods, commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda1826, gasteropod (spelling without -e- by 1854), from Modern Latin Gasteropoda, name of a class of mollusks, from Greek gaster (genitive gastros) "stomach" + pous (genitive podos) "foot"

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