• Chronic delayed gastric emptying. Gastroparesis may be caused by motor dysfunction or paralysis of STOMACH muscles or may be associated with other systemic diseases such as DIABETES MELLITUS.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• Decreased strength of the muscle layer of stomach, which leads to a decreased ability to empty the contents of the stomach despite the absence of obstruction.
  Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
  The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
• Paralysis of the muscles of the stomach wall resulting in delayed emptying of the gastric contents into the small intestine.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• A disorder characterized by an incomplete paralysis of the muscles of the stomach wall resulting in delayed emptying of the gastric contents into the small intestine.
  Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
  U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
• Gastroparesis is a condition that affects the normal spontaneous movement of the muscles (motility) in your stomach. Ordinarily, strong muscular contractions propel food through your digestive tract. But if you have gastroparesis, your stomach's motility is slowed down or doesn't work at all, preventing your stomach from emptying...
  Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
• Gastroparesis, or delayed gastric emptying, is a disorder where the food does not move or moves very slowly from the stomach to the small intestine. In gastroparesis, the muscles of the stomach do not work well and digestion takes an abnormally long time. Symptoms of gastroparesis include bloating, nausea, vomiting, weight loss due to...
  NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
• A symptomatic chronic disorder of the stomach defined as delayed emptying of solids by the stomach in the absence of any mechanical obstruction.
  Epocrates
  Athenahealth, Inc., 2019