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Med Term
Ch. 8 Digestive System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anorexia nervosa | a lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition) an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat |
| antiemetic | preventing vomiting an antiemetic drug |
| aphthous ulcers | Aphthous stomatitis is a common condition characterized by the repeated formation of benign and non-contagious mouth ulcers in otherwise healthy individuals |
| botulism | food poisoning caused by a bacterium growing on improperly sterilized canned meats and other preserved foods |
| bulimia nervosa | an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting |
| cachexia | weakness and wasting of body due to severe chronic illness |
| cholecystalgia | pain due to inflammation of the gallbladder |
| cholecystectomy | surgical removal of the gallbladder |
| cirrhosis | a chronic disease of the liver marked by degeneration of cells, inflammation, and fibrous thickening of tissue |
| colonoscopy | a flexible fiber-optic instrument inserted through the anus in order to examine the colon |
| Crohn's Disease | a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines, esp. the colon and ileum, associated with ulcers and fistulae |
| diverticulitis | inflammation of a diverticulum, esp. in the colon, causing pain and disturbance of bowel function |
| dyspepsia | indigestion |
| dysphagia | difficulty or discomfort in swallowing, as a symptom of disease |
| enteritis | difficulty or discomfort in swallowing, as a symptom of disease: progressive dysphagia |
| esophageal varices | In medicine, esophageal varicose are extremely dilated sub-mucosal veins in the lower third of the esophagus |
| esophagogastroduodenoscopy | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy or panendoscopy is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenum |
| hematemesis | the vomiting of blood |
| hepatitis | a disease characterized by inflammation of the liver |
| hiatal hernia | the protrusion of an organ, typically the stomach, through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm |
| inguinal hernia | An inguinal hernia is a protrusion of abdominal-cavity contents through the inguinal canal |
| jaundice | a medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin and typically caused by obstruction of the bile duct, by liver disease, or by excessive breakdown of red blood cells |
| morbid obesity | Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems |
| peristalsis | the involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles of the intestine or another canal, creating wavelike movements that push the contents of the canal forward |
| regurgitation | bring up again to the mouth |
| salmonellosis | a bacterium that occurs mainly in the intestine, esp. a serotype causing food poisoning |
| ulcerative colitis | Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease |
| volvulus | an obstruction caused by twisting of the stomach or intestine |
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