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CH 5 DIGESTIVE
DIGESTIVE TERMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| GASTROSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VIEW THE INSIDE OF THE STOMACH |
| GASTRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH |
| GASTRECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE STOMACH |
| GINGIVAL | PERTAINING TO THE GUMS |
| GINGIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE GUMS |
| GLOSSAL | PERTAINING TO THE TONGUE |
| HYPOGLOSSAL | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE TONGUE |
| HEPATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER |
| HEPATOMA | LIVER TUMOR |
| HEPATIC | PERTAINING TO THE LIVE |
| ILEAL | PERTAINING TO THE ILEUM |
| ILEOSTOMY | CREATE AN OPENING IN THE ILEUM |
| JEJUNAL | PERTAINING TO THE JEJUNUM |
| LAPAROTOMY | INCISION INTO THE ABDOMEN |
| SUBLINGUAL | PERTAINING TO UNDER THE TONGUE |
| ORTHODONTIC | PERTAINING TO STRAIGHT TEETH |
| PERIODONTIC | PERTAINING TO AROUND THE TEETH |
| ORAL | PERTAINING TO THE MOUTH |
| PALATOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE PALATE |
| PANCREATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS |
| PANCREATIC | PERTAINING TO THE PANCREAS |
| PHARYNGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE THROAT |
| PHARYNGOPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF THE THROAT |
| PHARYNGOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE THROAT |
| PROCTOPTOSIS | DROOPING RECTUM AND ANUS |
| PROCTOLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE RECTUM AND ANUS |
| PROCTOPEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS |
| PYLORIC | PERTAINING TO THE PYLORUS |
| RECTAL | PERTAINING TO THE RECTUM |
| SIALADENTIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SALIVARY GLAND |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VIEW INSIDE THE SIGMOID COLON |
| SIGMOIDAL | PERTAINING TO THE SIGMOID COLON |