different between gastritis vs ulcer

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (gast?r, “belly”) + -itis (“inflammation”).

Noun

gastritis (usually uncountable, plural gastritides)

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

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From gastro- +? -itis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??s?t?i.tis/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?as?t?i.tis/

Noun

gastritis f (uncountable)

1. gastritis

Further reading

• “gastritis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gastritis” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “gastritis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gastritis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From gastro- +? -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?as?t?itis/, [?as?t??i.t?is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Hyphenation: gas?tri?tis

Noun

gastritis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) gastritis

English

Etymology

From Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus. Doublet of ulcus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ls?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ls?/

Noun

ulcer (plural ulcers)

1. (pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
2. (pathology) peptic ulcer
3. (figuratively) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ulcerously
• ulcerousness

Translations

Anagrams

• cruel, lucre

Romanian

Etymology

French ulcère, from Latin ulcus.

Noun

ulcer n (plural ulcere)

1. ulcer

Declension