gastroenterology

English

Etymology

gastro-, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastēr, “belly”) + enterology, from entero-, from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (enteron, “intestine”).

Noun

gastroenterology (uncountable)

Wikipedia

1. The study of the digestive system, from mouth to anus. May also include the study of accessory organs: pancreas, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.

Translations

the study of the digestive system

Chinese: Mandarin: 腸胃科 (zh), 肠胃科 (zh) (chángwèikē) Czech: gastroenterologie (cs) f. Dutch: gastro-enterologie (nl) f. French: gastro-entérologie (fr) f.

German: Gastroenterologie (de) f. Greek: γαστρεντερολογία (el) f. Japanese: 胃腸病学 (ja) (いちょうびょうがく, ichōbyōgaku) Russian: гастроэнтерология (ru) (gastroentɛrológija) f. Spanish: gastroenterología (es) f.