Roman David, Lustration and Transitional Justice: Personnel Systems in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. 1904 (Merriam) Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language says: a sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified
Atrophic gastritis (also known as Type A or Type B Gastritis more specifically) is a process of chronic inflammation of the stomach mucosa, leading to loss of gastric glandular cells and their eventual replacement by intestinal and fibrous tissues.ype A gastritis primarily affects the body/fundus of the stomach, and is more common with pernicious anemia. Type B gastritis primarily affects the antrum, and is more common with H. pylori infection.
Stomach atrophy and stomach ulcers are two different pathologic processes, and these terms should not be used interchangeably to describe the appearance of the stomach.A stomach ulcer occurs when there is a localized breakdown in the protective lining of the stomach.ypically ulcers are brought about by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents or a bacterial infection known as Helicobacter pylori in the setting of weakened acid defense system. Stomach atrophy is an often-used term to describe the process of atrophic gastritis.