Question | Answer |
RECT/O | RECTUM |
PROCT/O | ANUS, RECTUM |
AN/O | ANUS |
HEPAT/O | LIVER |
PANCREAT/O | PANCREAS |
CHOLANGI/O | BILE VESSEL |
CHOL/E | BILE, GALL |
CHOLECYST/O | GALLBLADDER |
CHOLEDOCH/O | BILE DUCT |
-EMESIS | VOMIT |
-IASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
-MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
-OREXIA | APPETITE |
-PEPSIA | DIGESTION |
-PHAGIA | SWALLOWING, EATING |
-PRANDIAL | MEAL |
-RRHEA | DISCHARGE, FLOW |
DIA- | THROUGH, ACROSS |
PERI- | AROUND |
SUB- | UNDER, BELOW |
ASYMPTOMATIC | WITHOUT SYMPTOMS |
GASTROENTEROLOGY | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERENED WITH DIGESTIVE DISEASES. |
_____DEVELOPS IN THE PARTS OF TH EGI TRACT THAT ARE EXPOSED TO HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND PEPSIN. | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (PUD) |
_____IS A CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE LARGE INTESTINE AND RECTUM. | ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
___IS CAUSED BY STOMACH ACID BACKING UP INTO THE ESOPHAGUS, CAUSING HEARTBURN. | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD). |
_________IS THE LACK OF OR LOSS OF APPETITE, RESULTING IN THE INABILITY TO EAT. | ANOREXIA |
AN ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID INTHE ABDOMEN IS CALLED_____? | ASCITES |
_____IS THE RUMBLING OR GURGLING NOISES THAT ARE AUDIBLE AT A DISTANCE. | BORBORYGMUS |
___THE PHYSICAL WASTING THT INCLUDES LOSS OF WEIGHT AND MUSCLE MASS. | CACHEXIA |
THE PRESENCE OR FORMATION OF GALLSTONES IN THE GALLBLADDER OR COMMON BILE DUCT. | CHOLELITHIASIS |
SPASM IN ANY HOLLOW OR TUBULAR SOFT ORGAN ESPECIALLY IN THE COLON,ACCOMPANIED BY PAIN. | COLIC |
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, USUALLY OF THE ILEUM,ALSO CALLED REGIONAL ENTERITIS. | CHROHN DISEASE |
THE ACT OF SWALLOWING. | DEGLUTITION |
EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT FELT AFTER EATING, ALSO CALLED INDEGESTION. | DYSPEPSIA |
THE INABILITY OR DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING,ALSO CALLED APHAGIA | DYSPHAGIA |
OFFENSIVE OR BAD BREATH. | HALITOSIS |
VOMITING OF BLOOD | HEMATEMESIS |
SYMPTOM COMPLEX MARKED BY ABDOMINAL PAIN AND ALTERED BOWEL FUNCTION. | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS) |
PASSAGE OF DARK-COLORED,TARRY STOOLS, DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD. | MELENA |
EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF FAT THAT EXCEEDS THE BODY'S SKELETAL AND PHYSICAL STANDARDS. | OBESITY |
BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) OF 40 OR GREATER. | MORBID OBESITY |
SEVERE CONSTIPATION | OBSTIPATION |
PROGRESSIVE, WAVELIKE MOVEMENT THAT OCCURS INVOLUNTARILY IN HOLLOW TUBES OF THE BODY. | PERISTALSIS |
BACKWARD FLOWING AS INTHE RETURN OF SOLIDS OR FLUIDS TO THE MOUTH FROM THE STOMACH. | REGURGITATION |
APPLYING A SUBSTANCE CALLED GUAIAC TO A STOOL SAMPLE TO DETECT PRESENCE OF OCCULT(HIDDEN) BLOOD IN FECES. | STOOL GUAIAC |
RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE RECTUM AND COLON FOLLOWING ENEMA ADMINISTRATION OF BARIUM SULFATE. | BARIUM ENEMA (BE) |
ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURE THAT PROVIDESRADIOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION OF THE BILE AND PANCREATIC DUCTS TO IDENTIFY PARTIAL OR TOTAL OBSTRUCTION. | ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY(ERCP) |
SURGICAL JOINING OF TWO DUCTS, VESSELS, OR BOWEL SEGMENTS. | ANASTOMOSIS |
PROCEDURE FOR CRUSHING A STONE. | LITHOTRIPSY |
USE OF SHOCK WAVES AS A NONINVASIVE METHOD TO BREAK UP STONES IN THE GALLBLADDER. | EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE |
EXCISION OF A POLYP. | POLYPECTOMY |
COUNTERACTS OR NEUTRALIZES ACIDITY. | ANTACIDS |
CONTROL LOOSE STOOLS AND RELIEVE DIARRHEA | ANTIDIARRHEALS |
CONTROL NAUSEA AND VOMITING | ANTIEMETICS |
DECREASE GASTROINTESTINAL SPASMS | ANTISPASMODICS |
TREAT CONSTIPATION | LAXATIVES |
ALK PHOS | ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE |
Ba | BARIUM |
BE, BaE | BARIUM ENEMA |
BM | BOWEL MOVEMENT |
BMI | BODY MASS INDEX |
CF | CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
EGD | ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY |
ERCP | ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY |
GB | GALLBLADDER |
GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
GI | GASTROINTESTINAL |
HAV | HEPATITIS A VIRUS |
HBV | HEPATITIS B VIRUS |
HCV | HEPATITIS C VIRUS |
HDV | HEPATITIS D VIRUS |
HEV | HEPATITIS E VIRUS |
IBS | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
LFT | LIVER FUNCTION TEST |
NG | NASOGASTRIC |
STAT | IMMEDIATELY |
PUD | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE |
R/O | RULE OUT |
a.c. | before meals |
b.i.d. | twice a day |
hs | half strength |
h.s. | at bedtime |
NPO, n.p.o. | nothing by mouth |
pc, p.c. | after meals |
p.o. | by mouth |
p.r.n. | as required |
qAM | every morning |
q.d. | every day |
q.h. | every hour |
q.2h. | every 2 hours |
q.i.d. | four times a day |
q.o.d. | every other day |
qPM | every evening |
t.i.d. | three times a day |