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11/24 GI LIST
GASTROINTESTINAL TERMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |