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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Hydrochloric acid present in gastric juice. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GASTRIC ACID |
| Specialty definitions using "GASTRIC ACID": D Cells ♦ Enprostil, Esophageal Motility Disorders ♦ Gastrin-Releasing Peptide ♦ Misoprostol ♦ Nizatidine ♦ Pentagastrin, Pepsinogens ♦ Rioprostil ♦ Zollinger-Ellison's Disease. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In individuals with adequate gastric acid production, it is preferable to ingest calcium supplements between meals. (references) | |
In 1971, Sir James Black identified a subtype of the histamine receptor (H2receptor) that appeared to be the principal mediator of gastric acid secretion. (references) | ||
The calcium ion stimulates gastrin secretion and gastric acid secretion, which can produce a "rebound hyperacidity" when calcium carbonate is used as an antacid. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gastric acid | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GASTRIC ACID"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mavesyre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | maagzuur (gastric juice, heartburn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mahahappo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acide gastrique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Magensäure. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γαστρικό οξύ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | succo gastrico (gastric juice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astricgay aciday ácido gástrico. (various references) ácido gástrico. (various references) magsaft (gastric juice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-g-i-i-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: digastric. | |
-3 letters: accidias, cardiacs, carditic, carditis, dicastic, sciatica, triacids, triadics. | |
-4 letters: acarids, accidia, agarics, arctics, ascarid, ascidia, ascitic, cardiac, cardias, caritas, cicadas, critics, diarist, drastic, gastric, satiric, sciatic, tragics, triacid, triadic. | |
-5 letters: acarid, acidic, agaric, agrias, arctic, arista, cairds, carats, cardia, casita, cicada, cigars, citric, crisic, crista, critic, darics, dicast, digits, gratis, iatric, racist. | |
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