gastroenterology
noun
gas·tro·en·ter·ol·o·gy
ˌga-strō-ˌen-tə-ˈrä-lə-jē 
: a branch of medicine concerned with the structure, functions, diseases, and pathology of the stomach and intestines
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At Massachusetts General Hospital, Chan is the director of epidemiology for the Cancer Center and gastroenterology director of the Center for Young Adult Colorectal Cancer, and Nguyen is a physician investigator and assistant professor of medicine and gastroenterology.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 12 Aug. 2024
For this reason, a low-FODMAP diet is often used as a first line of defense for people with IBS whose symptoms are related to food, William Chey, MD, a professor of gastroenterology at the University of Michigan Medical School, told Health.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 30 July 2024
Specialties at the Southern California hospital include gastroenterology, gynecology and obstetrics.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 17 July 2024
Along with primary care services, faculty physicians will offer more specialty care like cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology at the new practice, the medical school said in a news release.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
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Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 12 Aug. 2024
For this reason, a low-FODMAP diet is often used as a first line of defense for people with IBS whose symptoms are related to food, William Chey, MD, a professor of gastroenterology at the University of Michigan Medical School, told Health.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 30 July 2024
Specialties at the Southern California hospital include gastroenterology, gynecology and obstetrics.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 17 July 2024
Along with primary care services, faculty physicians will offer more specialty care like cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology at the new practice, the medical school said in a news release.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
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gastroenterology
noun
gas·tro·en·ter·ol·o·gy
-ˌent-ə-ˈräl-ə-jē
plural gastroenterologies
: a branch of medicine concerned with the structure, functions, diseases, and pathology of the stomach and intestines
gastroenterological
adjective
also gastroenterologic
gastroenterological disorders
a gastroenterological procedure
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