GASTROENTEROLOGY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("gastroenterology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Derivation:

gastroenterologist (a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract)