gastro

See also: gastro- and -gastro

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

gastro (uncountable)

  1. (UK, Australia, colloquial) Clipping of gastroenteritis.
    He had a bad case of gastro, but came right as rain the next day.

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French

Etymology

From gastro-entérite by shortening.

Pronunciation

Noun

gastro f (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) clipping of gastro-entérite (“gastroenteritis, stomach flu”)
    Hier j'ai attrapé la gastro qui circule.
    Yesterday I caught the stomach flu that's been going around.

Latin

Noun

gastrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of gaster

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: gas‧tro

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin gāstrum (“stomach, belly”).

Noun

gastro m (plural gastros)

  1. big-bellied Roman vessel

Etymology 2

Clippings.

Noun

gastro f (plural gastros)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) clipping of gastroenterologia (“gastroenterology”)

Noun

gastro m or f by sense (plural gastros)

  1. (Brazil, medicine, colloquial) clipping of gastroenterologista (“gastroenterologist”)

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