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Medical Terminology
Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ectasis, -ectasia | dilation, widening |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling |
| -stenosis | narrowing, tightening |
| -tresia | opening |
| cholangi/o | bile duct (vessel) |
| herni/o | hernia |
| lith/o | stone |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| AFP | Alpha-Fetoprotein--tumor marker for liver cancer |
| alk phos | Alkaline phosphatase |
| ALT, AST | Alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase |
| BE | Barium enema |
| BM | Bowel Movement |
| BRBPR | Bright red blood per rectum |
| CD | Celiac disease |
| CT | Computed tomography |
| EGD | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| ERCP | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
| EUS | Endoscopic ultrasonography |
| FOBT | Fecal occult blood test |
| G-tube | gastrostomy tube – feeding tube |
| GB | Gallbladder |
| GERD | Gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| IBD | Inflammatory bowel disease |
| J-tube | jejuostomy tube; feeding tube |
| LAC | Laparoscopic-assisted colectomy |
| LFTs | Liver function tests |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| NASH | non-alcoholic streatohepatitis |
| NG tube | Nasogastric tube |
| NPO | Nothing by mouth |
| PEG tube | Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube |
| PEJ tube | Percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube |
| PTHC | Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography |
| PUD | Peptic ulcer disease |
| TPN | Total parenteral nutrition |
| T tube | Tube placed in the bile duct for drainage into a small pouch on the outside of the body |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; fall |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stasis | stop; control; place |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -tresia | opening |
| isch/o | to hold back; back |
| dips/o | thirst |
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