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CHAPTER 11
GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
Term | Definition |
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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 |