Organ or Tissue Function
stomach emptying
Subclass of:
Gastrointestinal Motility
Definitions related to gastric emptying:
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(stomach emptying) Evacuation of food from the stomach into the duodenum.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The evacuation of food from the stomach into the duodenum.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The process in which the liquid and liquid-suspended solid contents of the stomach exit through the pylorus into the duodenum.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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