gastrostaxis

gastrostaxis
Rarely used term for oozing of blood from the mucous membrane of the stomach. [gastro- + G. staxis, trickling]

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n.
an obsolete term for haematemesis (bleeding from the stomach).

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gas·tro·stax·is (gas″tro-stakґsis) [gastro- + staxis] oozing of blood from the mucous membrane of the stomach, as in hemorrhagic gastritis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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