gastroenterology
English
noun
Definitions
- The study of the digestive system, from mouth to anus. May also include the study of accessory organs: pancreas, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (stomach, belly, paunch, womb), ἔντερον (intestine, bowel, intestines, guts, gut, entrails, innards), -λογία (speak, -logy, branch of study, study of, -logie) affix from English enterology.
Origin
English
enterology
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -gastria English
- abenteric English
- enteric English
- entero- English
- enterolith English
- enterological English
- enterology English
- enteron English
- gastritis English
- gastro- English
- gastrocnemius English
- gastroenterologist English
- hepatogastroenterologist English
- neurogastroenterology English
- -loginen Finnish
- -logia Latin
- culina Latin
- gaster Latin
- pulmō Latin
- terminus Latin
- virus Latin
- gastro- German
- -lógia Hungarian
- gastro- Italian
- -oloog Dutch, Flemish
- gastrisch Dutch, Flemish
- gastro- French
- gastéropode French
- gastro- Spanish, Castilian
- gástrico Spanish, Castilian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- γαστήρ Ancient Greek
- γαστροκνημία Ancient Greek
- γαστρόπτης Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- μεσεντέριον Ancient Greek
- στόμα Ancient Greek
- τέχνη Ancient Greek
- ψυχή Ancient Greek
- ἄνθρωπος Ancient Greek
- ἐντέρινος Ancient Greek
- ἐντεροκήλη Ancient Greek
- ἔντερον Ancient Greek
- ἔντομον Ancient Greek
- *h₁énteros Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- -logi Norwegian Bokmål
- -logia Portuguese
- gastro- Portuguese
- gástrico Portuguese
- -logi Norwegian Nynorsk
- gastra- Irish
- -logija Serbo-Croatian
- -логија Serbo-Croatian
- gastro- Catalan, Valencian
- gàstric Catalan, Valencian
- gástrico Galician
- έντερο Greek (modern)
- antropologi Indonesian
- ekologi Indonesian
- ־לוגיה Hebrew (modern)
- -логија Macedonian
- rasta Sicilian