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Gastro- and the suffix -ic means pertaining to. Therefore the word is gastric meaning related to the stomach, are both derived from the Greek word gaster.
Gastrointestinal.

Gastric = pertaining to the stomach

Gastrointestinal = pertaining to the stomach and intestines

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