The breaking down or dissolution of stomach tissue, or a surgical procedure to dissolve stomach contents.
From gastro- (Greek gaster, 'stomach') + -lysis (Greek lysis, 'loosening or breaking apart'). A clinical term used for pathological or therapeutic stomach breakdown.
This medical term describes what can happen when stomach acid becomes so strong it begins dissolving the stomach's own protective lining—it's basically the stomach attacking itself!
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