Gastric Definition

Gastric Sentence Examples

• The diluted acid is used internally to relieve vomiting or gastric pain.

• It is used in the treatment of haemoptysis in the form of a fine spray, or taken internally it will check gastric haemorrhage.

• Dilute phosphoric acid is used as a gastric stimulant.

• If iron be given in excess, or if the hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice be deficient, iron acts directly as an astringent upon the mucous membrane of the stomach wall.

• Iron, therefore, must not be given to subjects in whom the gastric functions are disturbed, and it should always be given after meals.