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digestive system
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| BUCC/o | Cheek |
| CELI/o | belly, abdomen |
| CHEIL/o | lip |
| CHOLECYST/o | gallbladder |
| CHOLEDOCH/o | common bile duct |
| DENT/o | teeth |
| ENTER/o | intestines, usually small intestine |
| GASTR/o | stomach |
| FACI/o | face |
| GINGIV/o | gums |
| GLOSS/o LINGU/o | tongue |
| LABI/o | lip |
| LAPAR/o | abdomen |
| MANDIBUL/o | lower jaw |
| ODONT/o | tooth |
| OR/o | mouth |
| PROCT/o | anus and rectum |
| SIALADEN/o | salivary gland |
| STOMAT/o | mouth |
| -ASE | enzyme |
| -CHEZIA | defication, elimination of waste |
| -IASIS | abnormal condition |
| -PRANDIAL | meal |
| -ECSTASIS | dilation |
| -ECTASIA | widening |
| -PEPSIA | digestion |
| -PHAGIA | eating, swallowing |
| -PTYSIS | spitting |
| -RRHAGE/RRAGIA | bursting forth |
| -RRHAPHY | suture |
| -RRHEA | flow, discharge |
| -STASIS | controlling, stopping |
| -STENOSIS | narrowing, tightening |
| -TRESIA | opening |
| AMYL/o | starch |
| BIL/i | gall, bile |
| CHOL/E | gall, bile |
| CHLORHYDR/o | hydrochloric acid |
| GLUC/o | sugar |
| GLYC/o | sugar |
| GLYCOGEN/o | Animal starch |
| LIP/o | fat, lipid |
| LITH/o | stone |
| PROTE/o | protein |
| PY/o | pus |
| SIAL/o | saliva, salivary |
| STEAT/o | fat |
| ASCITES | abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen |
| CONSTIPATION | difficulty in passing stool (feces) |
| DIARRHEA | frequent passage of loose, watery stools |
| DYSPHAGIA | difficulty swallowing |
| FLATUS | gas expelled through the anus |
| HEMATOCHEZIA | passage of bright red blood from the rectum |
| JAUNDICE | yellow-orange coloration of the skin and white of the eyes cause by high levels of bilirubin in the blood |
| MELENA | black, tarry stools, feces containing digest blood |
| STEATORRHEA | fat in the feces |
| DENTAL CARRIES | tooth decay |
| PERIDONTAL DISEASE | inflammation and degeneration of gums, teeth and surrounding bone |
| ESOPHAGEAL VARICES | swollen, varicose veins at the lower end of the esophagus |
| GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) | solids and fluids return to the mouth from the stomach |
| HERNIA | protrusion of an organ or part through the tissues and muscles normally containing it |
| COLONIC POLYPS | polyps protrude through the mucous membrane of the colon |
| CROHN DISEASE | chronic inflammation of the intestinal track |
| DIVERTICULOSIS | abnormal outpouching in the intestinal wall of the colon |
| INTUSSUSCEPTION | telescoping of the intestines |
| IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS) | group of GI symptoms but without defined abnormalities in the intestines |
| ULCERATIVE COLITIS | chronic inflammation of the colon with the presence of ulcers |
| VOLVULUS | twisting of the intestine on itself |
| CHOLELITHIASIS | gallstones in the bladder |
| CIRRHOSIS | chronic degenerative disease of the liver |
| PANCREATITIS | inflammation of the pancreas |
| VIRAL HEPATITIS | inflammation of the liver cause by a virus |
| STOOL GUAIAC TEST | test to detect occult blood in the feces |
| HEMOCCULT TEST | test to detect occult blood in the feces |
| CHOLANGIOGRAPHY | xray exam of the biliary system performed after injection of contrast into the bile ducts |
| LAPAROSCOPY | visual examination of the abdomen with a scope inserted though small incisions in the abdomen |
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