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gastrovascular

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: G AE2 S T R OW0 V AE1 S K Y AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

That has both a digestive and a circulatory function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gres-der. Ancient Greek γρᾰ́ω (grắō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr)der. English gastro- English vascular English gastrovascular From gastro- + vascular.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hungarian: béledényrendszer — with a digestive and a circulatory function
  • Irish: gastrashoithíoch — with a digestive and a circulatory function
  • Italian: gastrovascolare — with a digestive and a circulatory function