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11/24 GI LIST
GASTROINTESTINAL TERMS
Term | Definition |
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GASTRORRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE FROM STOMACH |
CHOLELITHIASIS | STONES IN GALLBLADDER, GALLBLADDER STONES |
ESOPHAGOCELE | SWELLING, HERNIA IN THE ESOPHAGUS |
COLOSTOMY | SURGICAL OPENING IN THE COLON |
GASTRORRHAPHY | SUTURING OF THE STOMACH |
GASTRODUODENOSTOMY | SURGICAL OPENING BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM |
GASTROPTOSIS | ABNORMAL FALLING OF STOMACH AND DISPLACMENT OF OTHER ORGANS |
GASTROENTEROSTOMY | SURGICAL OPENINB BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND THE INTESTINE |
PHARYNGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PHARYNX |
GASTROCOLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH AND COLON |
GASTROPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE STOMACH |
CHOLEDOCHOSTENOSIS | NARROWING OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT |
COLONMEGALIA | ENLARGED COLON |
CHOLECYSTOCENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF THE GALLBLADDER |
PROCTOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VIEW THE RECTUM |
APHAGIA | NOT ABLE TO SWALLOW |
DYSPHAGIA | DIFFICULTY TO SWALLOW |
ILEOCECAL | PERTAINING TO ILEUM AND CECUM |
ESOPHAGECTASIS | DILATATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS |
SIALADENECTOMY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF THE INTESTINES |
CHOLEDOCHOLITHASIS | STONES PRESENCE IN THE COMMON BILE DUCT |
ENTEROPEXY | Surgical fixation of intestine to abnormal wall |