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Digestive System Ch8
Question | Answer |
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an/o | anus, ring |
bar/o | pressure, weight |
chlo/e | bile, gall |
cholecyst | gallbladder |
col | colon, large intestine |
colon | colon, large Intestine |
dent | tooth, teeth |
don | give |
duoden | duodenum, first part of small intestine |
enter | small intestine |
esophag | esophagus |
gastr | stomach, belly |
gloss | tounge |
hepat | liver |
ile | capable of |
jejun | jejunum |
lingu | tounge |
lith | stone, calculus |
or | mouth, oral activity |
pancreat | pancreas |
phag | eat, swallow |
proct | anus & rectum |
rect | rectum, straight |
sigmoid | sigmoid colon |
stomat | mouth, oral activity |
emesis | vomiting |
lithiasis | presence of stones |
pepsia | diget |
phagia | eating, swallowing |
aerophagia | the excessivr swallowing of air while eating or drinking. |
amebic dysentery | transmitted by doos or water that is contaminated due to poor sanitary conditions |
anastomosis | is a surgical connection between two hollow or tubular structures. |
anorexia nervosa | an eating disorder characterized by a false perception of the body apperance |
antiemetic | a medication that is administered to prevent or relieve nausea and vomiting. |
aphthous ulcers | grey-white pits with a red border in the soft tissues linning the mouth. |
ascites | an abnormal accumulation of the serous fluid in the peritonal cavity. |
bariatrics | the branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of obesity and associates diseases. |
borborygmus | |
botulism | |
bulimia nervosa | |
cachexia | |
cheilosis | |
cholangiography | |
cholangitis | |
cholecystectomy | |
cholecystitis | |
choledocholithotomy | |
cholekithiasis | |
cholera | |
cirrhosis | |
colonoscopy | |
Crohn's disease | |
diverticulitis | |
diverticulosis | |
dyspepsia | |
dysphagia | |
emesis | |
enteritis | |
eructation | |
esophageal varices | |
esophagogastroduodenoscopy | |
gastroduodenostomy | |
gastroesophageal reflux disease | |
gastrostomy tube | |
hematermesis | |
hemoccult test | |
hepatitis | |
hepatitis | |
herpes labialis | |
hiatal hernia | |
hyperemesis | |
ileus | |
inguinal hernia | |
jaundice | |
melena | |
morbid obesity | |
nasogastric intubation | |
obesity | |
peridontium | |
peristalsis | |
proctopexy | |
regurgitation | |
salmonellosis | |
sigmoidoscopy | |
stomatorrhagia | |
trismus | |
ulcerative colitis | |
volvulus | |
xerostomia |