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Gastraea
- - A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastr of Haeckel. See Gastrula.
Gastrins
- noun - polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated
Gastromy
- noun - surgical incision into the stomach
Gastrula
- noun - double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm
Gentiana
- noun - type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella
Gentians
- noun - any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
Gentiles
- noun - a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
- a Christian; "Christians refer to themselves as gentiles"
- a person who does not acknowledge your god
- a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
Gentilly
- - In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly.