gastrograph

[Gr. gaster the belly, and grapho to write. An instrument for recording the motions of the stomach under treatment. *găs-trol-a-ter, s. [Gr. gaster =the belly, and latreia =worship.] One whose god is his belly. "The first were called Engastrimythes, the others gastrolaters."-Urquhart: Rabelais , bk. iv., ch. lviii. *găs-trol-a-trous, a . [GASTROLATER.) Belly worshiping. "The vanity we perceived in the dre es of the gastrol atrous coquillons. -Urquhart : Rabelais , bk. iv., ch. lviii. găs-tro-lō-bi-ŭm, s. [Gr. gaster (syncopated gen it. gastros ) = the belly, and lobos =a lobe.] Bot.: A genus of papilionaceous plants, tribe Podalyrieæ, sub-tribe Pultenese. The species, which are numerous, are natives of the southwestern parts of Australia, where Gastrolobium bilobium , G. spinosum, and other species are very poisonous to cattle.