Anatomical Abnormality
gastric fistula
gas·tric fis·tu·la [ gas-trik fis-choo-luh ]
Subclass of:
Digestive System Fistula
Definitions related to gastric fistula:
  • Abnormal passage communicating with the stomach; often applied to an artificially created opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (gastrostoma).
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • An abnormal communication between the stomach and another organ or anatomic site.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A disorder characterized by an abnormal communication between the stomach and another organ or anatomic site.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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