Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chronic or acute inflammation of the stomach, especially of the mucous membrane of the stomach.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the stomach.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology
Inflammation of the lining of thestomach , characterised bynausea , loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating
Etymologies
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Examples
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Warren for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
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"for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease"
Medicine 2005 2005
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She told me that the stomach biopsy showed mild chronic gastritis, which is neither a surprise nor especially alarming.
Assorted Susan Palwick 2008
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She told me that the stomach biopsy showed mild chronic gastritis, which is neither a surprise nor especially alarming.
Archive 2008-06-01 Susan Palwick 2008
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Itis: when used in a word, means inflammation for example, gastritis occurs when the stomach lining is inflamed; not used to describe inflammatory people.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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Itis: when used in a word, means inflammation for example, gastritis occurs when the stomach lining is inflamed; not used to describe inflammatory people.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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In addition, in Costa Rican isolates only, babA2 was significantly associated with atrophic gastritis, which is considered to be a gastric premalignant lesion.
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It's one of the most helpful natural products for relieving the symptoms of gastritis, which is the technical name for stomach inflammation.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com M.D. Leo Galland 2010
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In addition, in Costa Rican isolates only, babA2 was significantly associated with atrophic gastritis, which is considered to be a gastric premalignant lesion.
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In addition, in Costa Rican isolates only, babA2 was significantly associated with atrophic gastritis, which is considered to be a gastric premalignant lesion.
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