gastritis

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noun

Inflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.

OriginAncient Greek γαστήρ →
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Meanings

noungastritis (usually uncountable, plural gastritides)

plural gastritides

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineInflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekγαστήρ
  2. Englishgastritis

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: gastr- + -itis, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr).

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Translations

Bengali গ্যাস্ট্রিক
  • গ্যাস্ট্রিক (gêsṭrik)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Bulgarian гастрит
  • гастрит (gastrit)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Catalan gastritis
  • gastritisinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Chinese Mandarin 胃炎
  • 胃炎 (wèiyán)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Czech gastritida
  • gastritidainflammation of the lining of the stomach
Danish gastritis, mavekatar
  • gastritisinflammation of the lining of the stomach
  • mavekatarinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Dutch gastritis
  • gastritisinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Estonian gastriit
  • gastriitinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Finnish mahakatarri, gastriitti
  • mahakatarriinflammation of the lining of the stomach
  • gastriittiinflammation of the lining of the stomach
French gastrite
  • gastriteinflammation of the lining of the stomach
German Gastritis, Magenschleimhautentzündung
  • Gastritisinflammation of the lining of the stomach
  • Magenschleimhautentzündunginflammation of the lining of the stomach
Greek γαστρίτιδα
  • γαστρίτιδα (gastrítida)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Hebrew גסטריטיס
  • גסטריטיס (gastritis)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Hindi आमाशयार्ति
  • आमाशयार्ति (āmāśyārti)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Hungarian gyomorhurut, gasztritisz
  • gyomorhurutinflammation of the lining of the stomach
  • gasztritiszinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Indonesian gastritis
  • gastritisinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Irish gaistríteas
  • gaistríteasinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Italian gastrite
  • gastriteinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Japanese 胃炎
  • 胃炎 (ien)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Korean 위염
  • 위염 (wiyeom)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Latvian gastrīts
  • gastrītsinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Lithuanian gastritas
  • gastritasinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Malay radang perut, gastritis
  • radang perutinflammation of the lining of the stomach
  • gastritisinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Norwegian Bokmål gastritt, magekatarr
  • gastrittinflammation of the lining of the stomach
  • magekatarrinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Persian ورم معده
  • ورم معدهinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Polish zapalenie błony śluzowej żołądka
  • zapalenie błony śluzowej żołądkainflammation of the lining of the stomach
Portuguese gastrite
  • gastriteinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Romanian gastrită
  • gastrităinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Russian гастри́т
  • гастри́т (gastrít)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Slovak gastritída
  • gastritídainflammation of the lining of the stomach
Spanish gastritis
  • gastritisinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Swedish gastrit, magkatarr
  • gastritinflammation of the lining of the stomach
  • magkatarrinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Tagalog pamamaga ng sikmura, magansikmura
  • pamamaga ng sikmurainflammation of the lining of the stomach
  • magansikmurainflammation of the lining of the stomach
Thai โรคกระเพาะอาหาร
  • โรคกระเพาะอาหาร (rôhk grà-pór aa-hăan)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Turkish gastrit
  • gastritinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Ukrainian гастрит
  • гастрит (hastryt)inflammation of the lining of the stomach
Vietnamese viêm dạ dày
  • viêm dạ dàyinflammation of the lining of the stomach
Cite this entry
APA

gastritis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastritis

MLA

“gastritis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastritis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gastritis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastritis.

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