Etymologically, "gastritis", in this context, is a misnomer as the process is not predominantly inflammatory, i.e. the condition is not an -itis.
•
Steatohepatitis is another example of this; it is not a process with significant inflammation yet, confusingly, carries the -itis ending.
C-reactive protein | Reactive programming | Reactive arthritis | reactive | Reactive nitrogen species | Reactive |