Definition of Oesophagitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux.

Exact synonyms: Esophagitis
Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Oesophagitis

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of esophagitis) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of esophagitis) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Oesophagitis

1. Inflammation of the oesophagus. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oesophagitis

oesophageal ulcer
oesophageal ulceration or diverticula
oesophageal ulcers
oesophageal varices
oesophageal veins
oesophageal web
oesophagean
oesophagectasis
oesophagectomies
oesophagectomy
oesophagi
oesophagic
oesophagical
oesophagism
oesophagitis (current term)
oesophagitis candida
oesophagocardioplasty
oesophagocele
oesophagoduodenostomy
oesophagodynia
oesophagoenterostomy
oesophagogastrectomy
oesophagogastric
oesophagogastric junction
oesophagogastric orifice
oesophagogastric vestibule
oesophagogastroanastomosis
oesophagogastroduodenoscopies

Literary usage of Oesophagitis

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

1. Theory and Practice of Veterinary Medicine by Austin H. Baker, Alexander Eger (1911)
"oesophagitis. oesophagitis is the inflammation of the oesophagus. ... In case of oesophagitis from local injury, there is more f less enlargement in the ..."

2. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1885)
"In pseudo-membranous oesophagitis the exudation occurs usually in small circumscribed ... Somewhat allied to pseudo-membranous oesophagitis, and apt to be ..."

3. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"The appearances of chronic oesophagitis vary according to the cause. ... The scars indicative of a chronic corrosive oesophagitis have already been ..."

4. Diseases of the Throat and Nasal Passages by Jacob da Silva Solis Cohen (1879)
"In phlegmonous oesophagitis necrosed membrane may bo expelled by hawking or vomiting. In diphtheritic oesophagitis shreds of false membrane are sometimes ..."

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