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CHAPTER 11
GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| BE | BARIUM ENEMA |
| BM | BOWEL MOVEMENT |
| CCE | CHOLECYSTECTOMY |
| EGD | ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY |
| ERCP | ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLOANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY |
| EUS | ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND |
| FOBT | FECAL OCCULT BOOD TEST |
| GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
| GI | GASTROINTESTINAL |
| HAV, HBV,HCV | HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HEPATITIS B VIRUS, HEPATITIS C VIRUS |
| IBD | INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE |
| IBS | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROM |
| LFT | LIVER FUNCTION TEST |
| NGT | NASOGASTRIC TUBE |
| NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH |
| N&V | NAUSEA AND VOMITING |
| PEG | PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY |
| PEJ | PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC JEJUNOSTOMY |
| PUD | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE |
| RLQ | RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT |
| RUQ | RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT |
| LLQ | LEFT LOWER QUADRANT |
| LUQ | LEFT UPPER QUADRANT |
| UGI | UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL |
| ABDOMINO | ABDOMEN |
| AN | ANUS |
| BIL | BILE |
| CELI | ABDOMEN |
| CHOLE | BILE (GALL) |
| COL | COLON (LARGE INTESTINE) |
| COLON | COLON (LARGE INTERSTINE) |
| CYST | BLADDER |
| DENTO | TOOTH |
| DOCH | DUCT |
| DUODENO | DUODENUM |
| ENTER | INTESTINES |
| ESOPHAG | ESOPHAGUS |
| HASTRO | STOMACH |
| GINGIV | GUM |
| GLOSS | TONGUE |
| HEPATICO | LIVER |
| HEPAT | LIVER |
| ILE | ILIEUM |
| JEJUNO | JEJUNUM |
| LAPARO | ABDOMEN |
| LINGUO | TONGUE |
| ODONTO | TOOTH |
| ORO | MOUTH |
| PANCREAT | PANCREAS |
| PROCTO | ANUS AND RECTOM |
| RECT | RECTUM |
| SIAL | SALIVA |
| SIGMOID | SIGMOID COLON |
| STOMATO | MOUTH |
| ANAL FISTULA | ABNORMAL OPENING BETWEEN THE RECTUM AND THE EXTERIOR PERIANAL SKIN |
| ANOPHONY | SOUND FROM THE ANUS |
| ANOPLASTY | SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ANUS |
| ANTIEMETIC | AGENT THAT PREVENTS OR RELIEVES NAUSEA OR VOMITING |
| ASCITES | RETENTION OF FLUID INT HE PERITONEUM |
| BILIGENESIS | FORMATION OF BILE |
| CATHARTIC | AGENT THAT PRODUCES BOWEL MOVEMENTS |
| CELIAC DISEASE | DISEASE OF THE INTESTINE DUE TO AN ADVERSE REACTION TO GLUTEN |
| CELIOMYOSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLE |
| CHOLANGIOGRAM | RECORD OF THE BILE VESSELS (DUCTS) |
| CIRRHOSIS | LIVER DISEASE NAMED FOR THE CHANGE FO COLOR IN THE LIVER |