gastrointestinal

English

Etymology

From gastro- ‎ intestinal.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gastrointestinal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines, and thus to digestion.

Derived terms

• gastrointestinal tract

Translations

of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines

• Arabic: مَعِدِيّ مَعَوِيّ (ar) m (maʕidiyy maʕawiyy)
• Catalan: gastrointestinal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胃肠 (zh) (wèicháng), 肠胃 (zh) (chángwèi)

• Czech: gastrointestinální (cs)
• Dutch: gastro-intestinaal (nl)
• Finnish: gastrointestinaalinen, maha-suoli-
• French: gastrointestinal (fr)
• Galician: gastrointestinal
• German: Magen-Darm-
• Greek: γαστρεντερικός (el) (gastrenterikós)
• Indonesian: gastrointestinal (id)
• Italian: gastrointestinale (it)
• Malay: gastrousus
• Portuguese: gastrointestinal (pt)
• Romanian: gastrointestinal (ro)
• Russian: желудочно-кише́чный (ru) (želudočno-kišéčnyj)
• Spanish: gastrointestinal
• Swedish: gastrointestinal (sv)
• Ukrainian: шлунко́во-кишкови́й (šlunkóvo-kyškovýj)

Catalan

Etymology

From gastro- ‎ intestinal.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural gastrointestinals)

1. gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “gastrointestinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gastrointestinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Galician

Etymology

From gastro- ‎ intestinal.

Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (plural gastrointestinais)

1. gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “gastrointestinal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌɡastʁoʔɪntɛstiˈnaːl]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

gastrointestinal (strong nominative masculine singular gastrointestinaler, not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

Declension

Positive forms of gastrointestinal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist gastrointestinal	sie ist gastrointestinal	es ist gastrointestinal	sie sind gastrointestinal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gastrointestinaler	gastrointestinale	gastrointestinales	gastrointestinale
	genitive	gastrointestinalen	gastrointestinaler	gastrointestinalen	gastrointestinaler
	dative	gastrointestinalem	gastrointestinaler	gastrointestinalem	gastrointestinalen
	accusative	gastrointestinalen	gastrointestinale	gastrointestinales	gastrointestinale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der gastrointestinale	die gastrointestinale	das gastrointestinale	die gastrointestinalen
	genitive	des gastrointestinalen	der gastrointestinalen	des gastrointestinalen	der gastrointestinalen
	dative	dem gastrointestinalen	der gastrointestinalen	dem gastrointestinalen	den gastrointestinalen
	accusative	den gastrointestinalen	die gastrointestinale	das gastrointestinale	die gastrointestinalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein gastrointestinaler	eine gastrointestinale	ein gastrointestinales	(keine) gastrointestinalen
	genitive	eines gastrointestinalen	einer gastrointestinalen	eines gastrointestinalen	(keiner) gastrointestinalen
	dative	einem gastrointestinalen	einer gastrointestinalen	einem gastrointestinalen	(keinen) gastrointestinalen
	accusative	einen gastrointestinalen	eine gastrointestinale	ein gastrointestinales	(keine) gastrointestinalen

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch gastro-intestinaal.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gastrointestinal

1. (anatomy) gastrointestinal

   Synonym: gastrousus (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “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.

Interlingua

Adjective

gastrointestinal (not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gastrintestinal

Etymology

From gastro- ‎ intestinal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡas.tɾo.ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ɡas.tɾo.ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡas.tɾo.ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ɡas.tɾo.ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡaʃ.tɾo.ĩ.teʃ.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ɡaʃ.tɾo.ĩ.teʃ.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈna.li/, (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈna.li/

• Hyphenation: gas‧tro‧in‧tes‧ti‧nal

Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (plural gastrointestinais, not comparable)

1. gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “gastrointestinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gastro-intestinal.

Adjective

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

1. gastrointestinal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	gastrointestinal		gastrointestinală		gastrointestinali	gastrointestinale
	definite	gastrointestinalul		gastrointestinala		gastrointestinalii	gastrointestinalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	gastrointestinal		gastrointestinale		gastrointestinali	gastrointestinale
	definite	gastrointestinalului		gastrointestinalei		gastrointestinalilor	gastrointestinalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From gastro- ‎ intestinal.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural gastrointestinales)

1. gastrointestinal

Further reading

• “gastrointestinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28