Definition of Peptic ulceration

1. Noun. An ulcer of the mucous membrane lining of the alimentary tract.

Exact synonyms: Peptic Ulcer
Generic synonyms: Ulcer, Ulceration
Specialized synonyms: Duodenal Ulcer, Gastric Ulcer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peptic Ulceration

pepsins
pepsinuria
pepstatin
pepstatins
peptalk
peptalked
peptalking
peptalks
peptic
peptic-ulcer
peptic cell
peptic digestion
peptic gland
peptic ulcer
peptic ulcer perforation
peptic ulceration (current term)
peptichemio
peptics
peptid
peptidase
peptidase D
peptidase P
peptidases
peptide
peptide N-alpha acetyltransferase
peptide antibiotic lactonase
peptide bond
peptide bonds
peptide chain
peptide chain elongation

Literary usage of Peptic ulceration

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

1. A Practical Treatise on Medical Diagnosis for Students and Physicians by John Herr Musser (1913)
"... duodenal ulcers, peptic ulceration of the jejunum after a posterior gastric enterostomy, and duodenal ulceration following cutaneous burns. ..."

2. Manual of pathology: Including Bacteriology, the Technic of Postmortems, and by William Michael Late Coplin (1900)
"Obstruction may be congenital, or, rarely, foreign bodies may induce it. peptic ulceration, perforating gastric ulcer, simple ulcer of the ..."

3. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"Pathological perforations may result from such varying causes as chronic ulcer of the duodenum, peptic ulceration of the jejunum, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"This latter location is the most common site for peptic ulceration. Since an increase in secretion of acid and pepsin is not present in many ulcer patients, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1891)
"The post-mortem examination revealed cicatrices in the stomach from peptic ulceration, follicular enteritis of the large intestine, intense anaemia, ..."

6. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1922)
"... any more than one can truly explain the cause of peptic ulceration, nevertheless this condition is favored by: (1) Utilization of non-absorbable suture ..."

7. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1907)
"... which cause extensive sloughing of the mucosa, followed by cicatricial contraction; (/) Rarely as a sequel of typhoid and peptic ulceration. ..."

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