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12/8 Gastro terms
12/8 Gastrointestional Term List
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| GASTROSTOMY | SURIGCAL OPENING INTO THE ABDOMINAL WALL/STOMACH |
| DYSPEPSIA | DIFFICULTY WITH DIGESTION |
| ENTER0COLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF COLON |
| ILLECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ILEUM |
| ESOPHAGOSARCOMA | MALIGNANT NEOPLASM (GROWTH) IN THE ESOPHAGUS |
| HEMIGLOSSECTOMY | SURIGCAL REMOVAL OF HALF OF THE TONGUE |
| CHOLECYSTOLITHOTOMY | INCISION INTO THE GALLBLADDER TO REMOVAL A GALLSTONE |
| SUBLINGUAL | PERTAINING TO BENEATH THE TONGUE |
| PROCTOSCOPE | TUBULAR INSTRUMENT WITH ILLUMINATION FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE RECTUM |
| HYPOGLOSSAL | PERTAINING TO THE TONGUE MUSCLES |
| PANCREATOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE PANCREAS |
| TONSILLECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE TONSIL |
| PHARYNGORRHAPHY | SUTURING OF THEPHARYNGX |
| LAPAROSCOPY | ABDOMINAL EXPLORATION USING ENDOSCOPE |
| COLIC | SHARP PAIN RESULTING FROM OBSTRUCTION IN TUBULAR ORGAN, SUCH AS INTESTINES OR URETER |
| PERITONITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUM |