GASTRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gastritis mean? 

• GASTRITIS (noun)
  The noun GASTRITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating

  Familiarity information: GASTRITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASTRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("gastritis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gastritis"):

acute gastritis (gastritis caused by ingesting an irritant (as too much aspirin))

chronic gastritis (persistent gastritis can be a symptom of a gastric ulcer or pernicious anemia or stomach cancer or other disorders)

 Context examples 

Gastritis characterized by hypertrophy of the gastric mucosa with creation of giant gastric folds.

(Giant hypertrophic gastritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Bacteria that cause stomach inflammation (gastritis) and ulcers in the stomach.

(Helicobacter pylori, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include gastritis and ulcer.

(Non-Neoplastic Stomach Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called giant hypertrophic gastritis and Ménétrier disease.

(Gastric mucosal hypertrophy, NCI Dictionary)

Patients with giant hypertrophic gastritis may be at a higher risk of stomach cancer.

(Giant hypertrophic gastritis, NCI Dictionary)

Gastritis caused by injury to the gastric mucosa by chemicals.

(Chemical Gastritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Maalox, a combination of aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, neutralizes or reduces gastric acid, thereby relieving symptoms associated with indigestion, gastritis, and gastroesophageal disease (GERD).

(Maalox, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called gastric mucosal hypertrophy and giant hypertrophic gastritis.

(Ménétrier disease, NCI Dictionary)

The virus may cause retinitis, esophagitis, gastritis, and colitis.

(Cytomegaloviral Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease, pancreatic disease, and gallbladder disease.

(Dyspepsia, NCI Thesaurus)