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gastric ulcer
noun
, Pathology.
- a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
gastric ulcer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gastric ulcer1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
Except in gastric ulcer, the danger lies in the retching produced, and the tube can safely be used if the patient takes it easily.
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Baillie, of Edinburgh, was the first to accurately describe the morbid anatomy of gastric ulcer.
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While gastric ulcer is to be regarded as dangerous, its termination, in the great majority of cases, is in recovery.
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A large proportion of cases of perforated gastric ulcer thus treated recover.
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Ulcer of the stomach, however—the perforating gastric ulcer—occupies a unique position among diseases of this organ.
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