gastrointestinal

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡæstɹəʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/ (RP)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡæstɹoʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/

gastrointestinal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines, and thus to digestion.
   • 2015 December 15, “Retroviral DNA Sequences as a Means for Determining Ancient Diets”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Avian pox viruses (Poxviridae), are chordopoxviruses that infect domestic and wild game birds including hawks, seagulls, parrots, canaries, pigeons, hawks and fowl, causing cutaneous, respiratory and gastrointestinal lesions in their host [17 ].

   • 2023 May 26, Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, “As colorectal cancer rises among younger adults, some seek colonoscopies earlier”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     She has always struggled with her gastrointestinal health, and when she started to have symptoms similar to those of colorectal cancer, she called her primary care physician, who referred her to a gastroenterologist, who ordered a colonoscopy. She did not have cancer.

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌɡas.tɾujn.təs.tiˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌɡas.tɾojn.təs.tiˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌɡas.tɾojn.tes.tiˈnal]

gastrointestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural gastrointestinals)

1. gastrointestinal

• “gastrointestinal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gastrointestinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “gastrointestinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gastrointestinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

gastrointestinal m or f (plural gastrointestinais)

1. gastrointestinal

• “gastrointestinal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˌɡastʁoʔɪntɛstiˈnaːl]

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• Rhymes: -aːl

gastrointestinal (strong nominative masculine singular gastrointestinaler, not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

• “gastrointestinal” in Duden online
• “gastrointestinal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch gastro-intestinaal.

• IPA^(key): /ɡas.tro.ɪn.tɛs.ˈti.nal/
• Rhymes: -nal, -al, -l
• Hyphenation: gas‧tro‧in‧tes‧ti‧nal

gastrointestinal (comparative lebih gastrointestinal, superlative paling gastrointestinal)

1. (anatomy) gastrointestinal

   Synonym: gastrousus (Standard Malay)

• “gastrointestinal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

gastrointestinal (not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

• gastrintestinal

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

• Hyphenation: gas‧tro‧in‧tes‧ti‧nal

gastrointestinal m or f (plural gastrointestinais, not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

• “gastrointestinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French gastro-intestinal.

gastrointestinal m or n (feminine singular gastrointestinală, masculine plural gastrointestinali, feminine and neuter plural gastrointestinale)

1. gastrointestinal

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

• IPA^(key): /ɡastɾointestiˈnal/ [ɡas.t̪ɾõĩn̪.t̪es.t̪iˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: gas‧troin‧tes‧ti‧nal

gastrointestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural gastrointestinales)

1. gastrointestinal

• “gastrointestinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024