Relating to or characterized by inflammation of the stomach lining with excessive mucus discharge.
From Greek 'gastro-' (stomach) and 'catarrhal', derived from 'katarrhein' meaning 'to flow down'. The term describes inflammation with a running discharge in the stomach.
Catarrhal conditions were blamed for everything from bad breath to digestive troubles in medieval and Victorian medicine—the word itself captures an older way of thinking about inflammation that we now understand much more specifically.
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