gastric ulcer
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈɡæstrɪk ˈʌlsər/
- Specialized
- And only once did my mother talk to me about him, volunteering the information that my father could eat a whole chocolate cake at a single sitting. As a delivery driver for a wholesale bakery firm, cakes were easy for him to obtain, and that before he went into the hospital with a bleeding gastric ulcer, his stool was as black as coal.
- gastric ulcers cause
- patients with gastric ulcers
Examples
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Patients suffering from gastric ulcers often experience severe stomach pain after eating.
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He was diagnosed with a gastric ulcer after complaining of persistent nausea and indigestion.
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In June 1941, he sought to enlist in the U.S. Navy, but was turned down because of gastric ulcers.
Academic text (2018) -
Infection with H. pylori also causes duodenal and gastric ulcers.
Academic text (2005) -
Sadly, the majority of gastroenterologists will only diagnose what they can see with their scopes, generally worthless except for conditions like gastric ulcers, colitis, or cancer.
Blog text (12) -
In this context, it may be speculated whether the development of a gastric ulcer secondary to contact between the gastrostomy tube elements and the gastric mucosa may have been a cofactor in our patient.
Academic text (2007) -
Taking anti-inflammatory medications can increase the risk of developing a gastric ulcer.
Synonyms
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3.7
A painful sore on the skin or inside the body that can make pus
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3.2
A sore on the inside of the stomach that causes pain or discomfort
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3.7
A sore on the inside of the stomach or upper small intestine caused by stomach acid
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5.9
An ulcer in the stomach or top part of the gut caused by stomach acid
How Severe
- Specialized
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4.1
- Specialized
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8.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sore on the stomach lining' is directly and compositionally derived from 'gastric' (related to the stomach) + 'ulcer' (a sore). This follows a common medical compound pattern with clear cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g., Spanish/French cognates), so learners who know both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Gastric ulcer comes from old words: gastric means 'stomach' and ulcer means 'sore'. So, gastric ulcer literally pictures 'a sore in the stomach lining', which is what the term means today.