# gastrointestinal
## English
### Etymology

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɡæstɹəʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/ (RP)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˌɡæstɹoʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/

### Adjective

gastrointestinal (not comparable)
* Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines, and thus to digestion.
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#### Derived terms

* extragastrointestinal
* gastrointestinally
* gastrointestinal tract
* neurogastrointestinal
* nongastrointestinal
* orogastrointestinal

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˌɡas.tɾujn.təs.tiˈnal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˌɡas.tɾojn.təs.tiˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˌɡas.tɾojn.tes.tiˈnal]

### Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural gastrointestinals)
* gastrointestinal

### Further reading

* “gastrointestinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “gastrointestinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “gastrointestinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “gastrointestinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

### Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (plural gastrointestinais)
* gastrointestinal

### Further reading

* “gastrointestinal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˌɡastʁoʔɪntɛstiˈnaːl]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

gastrointestinal (strong nominative masculine singular gastrointestinaler, not comparable)
* gastrointestinal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “gastrointestinal” in Duden online
* “gastrointestinal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch gastro-intestinaal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡas.tro.ɪn.tɛs.ˈti.nal/
* Rhymes: -nal, -al, -l
* Hyphenation: gas‧tro‧in‧tes‧ti‧nal

### Adjective

gastrointestinal
* (anatomy) gastrointestinal
    Synonym: gastrousus (Standard Malay)

### Further reading

* “gastrointestinal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Adjective

gastrointestinal (not comparable)
* gastrointestinal

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* gastrintestinal

### Etymology

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡas.tɾo.ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ɡas.tɾo.ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡas.tɾo.ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ɡas.tɾo.ĩ.tes.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡaʃ.tɾo.ĩ.teʃ.t͡ʃiˈnaw/ [ɡaʃ.tɾo.ĩ.teʃ.t͡ʃiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnal/ [ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐʃ.tɾu.ĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈna.li/, (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐʃ.tɾwĩ.tɨʃ.tiˈna.li/
* Hyphenation: gas‧tro‧in‧tes‧ti‧nal

### Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (plural gastrointestinais, not comparable)
* gastrointestinal

### Further reading

* “gastrointestinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gastro-intestinal.

### Adjective

gastrointestinal m or n (feminine singular gastrointestinală, masculine plural gastrointestinali, feminine and neuter plural gastrointestinale)
* gastrointestinal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From gastro- +‎ intestinal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡastɾointestiˈnal/ [ɡas.t̪ɾõĩn̪.t̪es.t̪iˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: gas‧troin‧tes‧ti‧nal

### Adjective

gastrointestinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural gastrointestinales)
* gastrointestinal

### Further reading

* “gastrointestinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10