\Gas"tric\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.]
Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the
gastric artery.
{Gastric digestion} (Physiol.), the conversion of the
   albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and
   diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric
   juice.
{Gastric fever} (Med.), a fever attended with prominent
   gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of
   typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the
   stomach attended with fever.
{Gastric juice} (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an
   acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands
   contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It
   consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the
   ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid
   in the body, but acts only on proteid foods.
{Gastric remittent fever} (Med.), a form of remittent fever
   with pronounced stomach symptoms.