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Mallory-Weiss syndrome

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Gastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.

uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Mallory-Weiss tear malloside mallotoxin Mallow mallows mallowwort

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