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acute gastritis

n. gastritis caused by ingesting an irritant (as too much aspirin)

Usage examples of "acute gastritis".

Weare formed the opinion that the cause of death was acute gastritis, and we need not blame them for coming to this conclusion, because it was quite consistent both with the symptoms of the illness and with the past history of the patient.

Right at this moment Molinari is in Cheyenne suffering from a massive attack of acute gastritis –.

Ferrars died of acute gastritis, helped on by habitual overindulgence in alcoholic beverages.

He died of acute gastritis brought on by questionable oysters and Booth&rsquo.