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  1. n. pathology Chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux in the esophagus.

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  1. n. reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus

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  • “She’d also been plagued by bouts of indigestion, which her doctor had chalked up to gastritis, a chronic inflammation of the stomach and intestinal tract, due to a fairly common condition known as gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD.”

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  1. omeprazole
  1. GERD
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  1. pyrosis
  1. esophagitis
  1. heartburn
  1. oesophagitis
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