gastræum (gastreum)

[NL., Gr. γαστήρ (γαστρ-), stomach. Cf. gastræa.] In ornith., the whole ventral surface or under side of a bird; the stethæum and uræum together: op gate IMG:content-2131.png:[blocks in formation] posed to notœum. See cut under bird. Illiger; Gastrochæna (gas-trō-kē'nä), n. [NL. (Speng Sun devall. ler, 1783), also Gastrochena, Gastrochæna; irreg. Gastrœum is subdivided into regions called, in general terms, breast, belly, and sides of the body. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 95. gastral (gas'tral), a. [ γαστήρ , stomach, + -al .] Gastric; intestinal: occasionally applied in embryology to the intestinal or inner primary germ-layer, or endoderm. gastralgia, gastralgy (gas-tral'ji-ä, -ji), n. [ gastralgia , γαστήρ (γαστρ-), stom- ach, + άλγος , ache, pain.] In pathol ., athol . , neuralgia of the stomach; stomach; more generally, pain of any kind in the stomach or belly; belly-ache. gas-trap (gas'trap), n. A device to prevent the escape of sewer-gas; a sewer-trap. gast read, n. See gastrœad . Gastrechmia (gas-trek'mi-a), n. pl. [NL., batrachians, row median cartilage, and the scapula articulates with a special condyle developed by the exoccipital.