Definition of oesophagitis in English:
oesophagitis
(US esophagitis)
noun ɪˌsɒfəɡəˈdʒʌɪtɪsiˌsäfəˈjīdəs
mass nounMedicine Inflammation of the oesophagus.
Example sentencesExamples
- All trials used validated dyspepsia questionnaires and excluded patients with confirmed peptic ulcer disease or oesophagitis before enrolment.
- Complications seen in a hiatal hernia include aspiration pneumonia and peptic esophagitis with stricture.
- The second group was recruited for histologic comparison and consisted of patients undergoing endoscopy for dyspepsia who had no evidence of esophagitis, ulcer disease or cancer.
- Side effects include damage to surrounding organs, which can lead to significant morbidity from esophagitis and pneumonitis.
- Failure of this mechanism is one cause of the sensation known as heartburn, and if persistent leads to chronic inflammation: oesophagitis.
- Patients with predominant epigastric pain without peptic ulcer disease or oesophagitis have functional dyspepsia.
- All patients underwent endoscopy before randomization, and those with severe esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, Barrett's esophagus or other serious conditions were excluded from the study.
- If heartburn goes on long enough, it can lead to esophagitis (an inflamed lining of the esophagus).
- Symptoms and signs of purging habits include reflux esophagitis, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding.
- The close association between hiatus hernia and the symptoms of reflux esophagitis, observed long ago, led to the belief that such hernias cause reflux.