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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

gastritis

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gastritis

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gastritis/ɡæˈstraɪ.tɪs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Sufre de gastritis después de comer alimentos picantes."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Inflammation of the stomach lining, often causing pain, nausea, and indigestion.

    "After eating spicy food, she experienced symptoms of gastritis."
  2. 2

    A medical condition characterized by the inflammation of the gastric mucosa.

    "Chronic gastritis can lead to more serious gastrointestinal issues."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the Greek 'gaster' meaning 'stomach' with the medical suffix '-itis' denoting inflammation, coined in the early 19th century. The term formalizes the pathology of gastric mucosal irritation into a precise clinical descriptor.

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