noun
definition
Inflammation of the oesophagus.
Examples of esophagitis in a Sentence
For those with severe symptoms, including esophagitis, PPI therapy works well.
In patients with gastroesophageal reflux and heartburn, antireflux regimen must be used to prevent complications of reflux esophagitis and stricture formation.
Constant irritation by stomach acids in the esophagus can cause a condition called esophagitis, in which the esophagus becomes red and irritated.
The GED is a good tool for determining esophagitis.
Though esophagitis may have been found in one of these tests, the doctor will need to determine whether it was caused by GERD or by milk allergy, which does not respond to acid suppressant therapy.
These illnesses include pneumonia and inflammations of the liver (hepatitis), brain (encephalitis), esophagus (esophagitis), large intestine (colitis), and retina of the eye (retinitis).
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is characterized by the abnormal accumulation of eosinophils localized in the esophagus.
Eosinophilic esophagitis was long thought to be a variant of stomach reflux disease.
E., et al. "Pathogenesis and clinical features of eosinophilic esophagitis."