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Gastrointestinal Abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ABC | aspiration biopsy cytology |
| AIDS | AQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICENCY SYNDROME |
| ALT | ALANINE AMINOTRANFERASE |
| AST | ANGLOTENSIN SENSITINTY TEST; ASPARATE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
| Ba | barium |
| BaE,BE | barium enema |
| BM | bowel movement |
| BMI | BODY MASS INDEX |
| CAH | CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASTY |
| CF | CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
| CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
| EGD | ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY |
| ESWL | EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE LITHOTRISPY |
| EUD | ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
| GB | GALLBLADDER |
| GBP | GASTRIC BYPASS |
| GBS | GALLBLADDER SERIES (X-RAY STUDIES) |
| GER | GASTROESOPHAGEL REFLUX |
| GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
| GI | GASROINTESTINAL |
| HAV | HEPAITIS A VIRUS |
| HBV | HEPAITIS B VIRUS |
| HCI | HYDROCHORIC ACID |
| HCV | HEPAITIS C VIRUS |
| HDV | HEPAITIS D VIRUS |
| HEV | HEPAITIS E VIRUS |
| IBD | IRRITIABLE BOWL DISEASE |
| IBS | IRRITIABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
| IVC | INTRAVENOUS CHOLANGIOGRAM: INTRAVENOUS CHOLANGIOGRAPHY |
| LES | LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER |
| LFT | LIVER FUNCTION TEST |
| LRP | LARYNOGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX |
| MRCP | MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY |
| NG | NASOGASTRIC |
| OCG | ORAL CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY |
| PUD | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE |
| R/O | RULE OUT |
| RGB | ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS |
| UGI | UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL |
| UGIS | UPPER GASTROINTESTIONAL SERIES OINTMENT |
| UPP | UVULOPALATAPHARYNOGOPLASTY |
| US | ULTRASOUND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY |