Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • surrounding the alimentry canal; perienterric; perivisceral: as, the perigastric space of a polzoan, corresponding to the abdominal cavity of a vertebrate; the perigastric fluid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata.

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  • adjective anatomy Surrounding the stomach.

Etymologies

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peri- +‎ gastric

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Examples

  • Enlarged periantral LNs were detected during laparotomy and patient underwent distal gastrectomy with en bloc perigastric LN dissection.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2008

  • Herein, we report a case of GIST of the stomach with LN metastasis treated with distal gastrectomy with perigastric LN dissection followed by adjuvant imatinib therapy.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2008

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