Definition of Acute gastritis

1. Noun. Gastritis caused by ingesting an irritant (as too much aspirin).

Generic synonyms: Gastritis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Gastritis

acute decubitus ulcer
acute delirium
acute demyelinating polyneuropathy
acute disease
acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
acute disseminated myositis
acute epidemic conjunctivitis
acute epidemic leukoencephalitis
acute extrinsic allergic alveolitis
acute febrile illness
acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis
acute fibrinous pericarditis
acute follicular conjunctivitis
acute fulminating meningococcaemia
acute fulminating meningococcal septicaemia
acute gastritis (current term)
acute glaucoma
acute glomerulonephritis
acute glossitis
acute goiter
acute granulocytic leukaemia
acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis
acute haemorrhagic encephalitis
acute haemorrhagic glomerulonephritis
acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
acute idiopathic polyneuritis
acute illness
acute inclusion body encephalitis
acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis

Literary usage of Acute gastritis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"In fact, acute gastritis in children is a very rare condition, ... acute gastritis in the young is usually due to the ingestion of corrosive or irritant ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Children often suffer from recurring acute gastritis with fever which continues only ... The diagnosis of acute gastritis is not always easy, and prognosis ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"The distress consists in a sensation of oppression, distention, and heart-sinking, of course more pronounced in acute gastritis, the subjects of which ..."

4. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1914)
"acute gastritis AND ACUTE GASTRIC INDIGESTION Not a little confusion exists respecting the differentiation of acute gastritis and acute gastric indigestion. ..."

5. Diseases of the stomach, intestines, and pancreas by Robert Coleman Kemp (1917)
"Simple acute gastritis (Synonyms.—Acute Gastric Catarrh; Acute Gastric Dyspepsia.) Etiology.—Simple acute gastric catarrh is one of the most frequent ..."

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