linitis /li·ni·tis/ (lĭ-ni´tis) inflammation of gastric cellular tissue.
linitis
linitis plas´tica diffuse fibrous proliferation of the submucous connective tissue of the stomach, resulting in thickening and fibrosis so that the organ is constricted, inelastic, and rigid (like a leather bottle).
li·ni·tis (l -n  ts, l-)n. Inflammation of cellular tissue, especially of the perivascular tissue of the stomach. |
linitis
[linī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, linon, flax, itis, inflammation
inflammation of cellular tissue of the stomach, as in linitis plastica, seen frequently in adenocarcinoma of the stomach.
linitis
inflammation of gastric cellular tissue.
linitis plastica
inelastic thickening and fibrosis of the gastric submucosa; called also leather bottle lesion.
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