gastricity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡæˈstɹɪsɪti/
Etymology
Formed as gastric + -ity in parallel with the French gastricité (formed as gastrique + -ité).
Meanings
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(qualifier:rare and probably obsolete, uncountable) A state of gastric disturbance.
But sometimes the author saw with astonishment the bark overcome the gastricity.
1796, Andrew Duncan, Annals of Medicine, volume I, page 69: