Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Mtodd digestive sys.
medical terminology associated with the digestive system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| RECT/O | RECTUM |
| PROCT/O | ANUS, RECTUM |
| AN/O | ANUS |
| HEPAT/O | LIVER |
| PANCREAT/O | PANCREAS |
| CHOLANGI/O | BILE VESSEL |
| CHOL/E | BILE, GALL |
| CHOLECYST/O | GALLBLADDER |
| CHOLEDOCH/O | BILE DUCT |
| -EMESIS | VOMIT |
| -IASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -OREXIA | APPETITE |
| -PEPSIA | DIGESTION |
| -PHAGIA | SWALLOWING, EATING |
| -PRANDIAL | MEAL |
| -RRHEA | DISCHARGE, FLOW |
| DIA- | THROUGH, ACROSS |
| PERI- | AROUND |
| SUB- | UNDER, BELOW |
| ASYMPTOMATIC | WITHOUT SYMPTOMS |
| GASTROENTEROLOGY | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERENED WITH DIGESTIVE DISEASES. |
| _____DEVELOPS IN THE PARTS OF TH EGI TRACT THAT ARE EXPOSED TO HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND PEPSIN. | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (PUD) |
| _____IS A CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE LARGE INTESTINE AND RECTUM. | ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| ___IS CAUSED BY STOMACH ACID BACKING UP INTO THE ESOPHAGUS, CAUSING HEARTBURN. | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD). |
| _________IS THE LACK OF OR LOSS OF APPETITE, RESULTING IN THE INABILITY TO EAT. | ANOREXIA |
| AN ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID INTHE ABDOMEN IS CALLED_____? | ASCITES |
| _____IS THE RUMBLING OR GURGLING NOISES THAT ARE AUDIBLE AT A DISTANCE. | BORBORYGMUS |
| ___THE PHYSICAL WASTING THT INCLUDES LOSS OF WEIGHT AND MUSCLE MASS. | CACHEXIA |
| THE PRESENCE OR FORMATION OF GALLSTONES IN THE GALLBLADDER OR COMMON BILE DUCT. | CHOLELITHIASIS |
| SPASM IN ANY HOLLOW OR TUBULAR SOFT ORGAN ESPECIALLY IN THE COLON,ACCOMPANIED BY PAIN. | COLIC |
| CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, USUALLY OF THE ILEUM,ALSO CALLED REGIONAL ENTERITIS. | CHROHN DISEASE |
| THE ACT OF SWALLOWING. | DEGLUTITION |
| EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT FELT AFTER EATING, ALSO CALLED INDEGESTION. | DYSPEPSIA |
| THE INABILITY OR DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING,ALSO CALLED APHAGIA | DYSPHAGIA |
| OFFENSIVE OR BAD BREATH. | HALITOSIS |
| VOMITING OF BLOOD | HEMATEMESIS |
| SYMPTOM COMPLEX MARKED BY ABDOMINAL PAIN AND ALTERED BOWEL FUNCTION. | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS) |
| PASSAGE OF DARK-COLORED,TARRY STOOLS, DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD. | MELENA |
| EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF FAT THAT EXCEEDS THE BODY'S SKELETAL AND PHYSICAL STANDARDS. | OBESITY |
| BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) OF 40 OR GREATER. | MORBID OBESITY |
| SEVERE CONSTIPATION | OBSTIPATION |
| PROGRESSIVE, WAVELIKE MOVEMENT THAT OCCURS INVOLUNTARILY IN HOLLOW TUBES OF THE BODY. | PERISTALSIS |
| BACKWARD FLOWING AS INTHE RETURN OF SOLIDS OR FLUIDS TO THE MOUTH FROM THE STOMACH. | REGURGITATION |
| APPLYING A SUBSTANCE CALLED GUAIAC TO A STOOL SAMPLE TO DETECT PRESENCE OF OCCULT(HIDDEN) BLOOD IN FECES. | STOOL GUAIAC |
| RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE RECTUM AND COLON FOLLOWING ENEMA ADMINISTRATION OF BARIUM SULFATE. | BARIUM ENEMA (BE) |
| ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURE THAT PROVIDESRADIOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION OF THE BILE AND PANCREATIC DUCTS TO IDENTIFY PARTIAL OR TOTAL OBSTRUCTION. | ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY(ERCP) |
| SURGICAL JOINING OF TWO DUCTS, VESSELS, OR BOWEL SEGMENTS. | ANASTOMOSIS |
| PROCEDURE FOR CRUSHING A STONE. | LITHOTRIPSY |
| USE OF SHOCK WAVES AS A NONINVASIVE METHOD TO BREAK UP STONES IN THE GALLBLADDER. | EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE |
| EXCISION OF A POLYP. | POLYPECTOMY |
| COUNTERACTS OR NEUTRALIZES ACIDITY. | ANTACIDS |
| CONTROL LOOSE STOOLS AND RELIEVE DIARRHEA | ANTIDIARRHEALS |
| CONTROL NAUSEA AND VOMITING | ANTIEMETICS |
| DECREASE GASTROINTESTINAL SPASMS | ANTISPASMODICS |
| TREAT CONSTIPATION | LAXATIVES |
| ALK PHOS | ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE |
| Ba | BARIUM |
| BE, BaE | BARIUM ENEMA |
| BM | BOWEL MOVEMENT |
| BMI | BODY MASS INDEX |
| CF | CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
| CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
| EGD | ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY |
| ERCP | ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY |
| GB | GALLBLADDER |
| GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
| GI | GASTROINTESTINAL |
| HAV | HEPATITIS A VIRUS |
| HBV | HEPATITIS B VIRUS |
| HCV | HEPATITIS C VIRUS |
| HDV | HEPATITIS D VIRUS |
| HEV | HEPATITIS E VIRUS |
| IBS | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
| LFT | LIVER FUNCTION TEST |
| NG | NASOGASTRIC |
| STAT | IMMEDIATELY |
| PUD | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE |
| R/O | RULE OUT |
| a.c. | before meals |
| b.i.d. | twice a day |
| hs | half strength |
| h.s. | at bedtime |
| NPO, n.p.o. | nothing by mouth |
| pc, p.c. | after meals |
| p.o. | by mouth |
| p.r.n. | as required |
| qAM | every morning |
| q.d. | every day |
| q.h. | every hour |
| q.2h. | every 2 hours |
| q.i.d. | four times a day |
| q.o.d. | every other day |
| qPM | every evening |
| t.i.d. | three times a day |
Created by:
cheylene_johnson
Popular Medical sets