Definitions
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- noun The presence of an abnormal proportion of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice.
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- noun pathology The presence of an
excessive amount ofhydrochloric acid in thestomach . Often treatable withantacid .
Etymologies
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From hyper- + chlorhydria
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Examples
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In Figure 10 are compared basal gastrin concentrations in patients with pernicious anemia (PA), in patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZE) and in a group of patients we have diagnosed as having non-tumorous hypergastrinemic hyperchlorhydria (NT-HH) (29-31).
Nobel Lecture Radioimmunoassay: A Probe For Fine Structure Of Biologic Systems 1977
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