gastric

Example Sentences

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But consuming too much of any substance in competition always came with significant risk: debilitating, day-altering gastric distress and/or diarrhea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It mimics a hormone secreted alongside insulin that signals fullness and slows gastric emptying.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

BPC 157 is a synthetic peptide derived from human gastric proteins.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Procedures such as gastric bands lead to similar reductions in appetite and food intake.

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

What can it profit a man to gain the whole world and to come to his property with a gastric ulcer, a blown prostate, and bifocals?

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck