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bc 3530
abbr. and vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| POMR | PROBLEM ORIENTED MEDICAL RECORD |
| SOMR | SOURCE ORIENTED MEDICAL RECORD |
| IBD | INFLAMMATORY BOWLE DISEASE |
| HBV | HEPATATIS B VIRUS |
| HAV | HEPATATIS A VIRUS |
| NAFLD | NON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE |
| BIL | BILATERAL |
| CIR | CIRRHOSIS |
| GE | GASTROENTERALIS |
| ICS | ILEOCEAL SPHINCTER |
| IO | INTESTIONAL OBSTRUCTION |
| PU | PEPTIC ULSER |
| JAUND | JAUNDICE |
| UC | ULCERATIVE COLITIS |
| CHEILOSIS | ALSO KNOWN AS CHELITIS IS A DISORDER OF THE LIPS CHARACTERIZED BY CRACKLIKE SORES AT THE CORNERS OF THE MOUTH |
| CHOLANGITIS | IS AN ACUTE INFECTION ON THE BILE DUCT CHARACTERIZED BY PAIN IN THE UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT OF THE ABDOMEN( INFLAMMATION OF THE BILE DUCT) |
| GASTROESOPHAGEAL | PERTAINING TO THE STOMACH AND ESOPHAGUS |
| STEATOSIS | IS THE MILDEST TYPE OFT THIS CONDITION IS CHARACTERIZED BY ACCUMULATION OF FAT WITHIN THE LIVER THE USUSALLY DOESNOT CAUSE LIVER DAMAGE |
| STOMATOMYCOSIS | ANY DISEASE OF THE MOUTH DUE TO INFECTION |
| COLOSTOMY | THE SURGICAL CREATION OF AN ARTIFICAL ECRETORY OPENING BETWEEN THE COLON AND THE BODY SURFACE |
| CIRRHOSIS | THE PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION DISEASE OF THE LIVER THAT IS OFTEN CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL USE OR BY VIRAL HEPATATIS B OR C |
| HEPATOMEGALY | ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER |
| ENTERALGIA | PAIN IN SMALL INTESTINE |
| PROCTOPEXY | THE SURGICAL FIXATION OF A PROLASPED RECTUM TO AN ADJACENT TISSUE OR ORGAN |
| DYSPHAGIA | DIFFICULITY IN SWALLOWING |
| PALATOPLASTY | THE SURGICAL REPAIR OF A CLEFT LIP AND OR PALATE |
| ILEOCECAL | PERTAINING TO THE ILEUM AND CECUM |
| CHOLECYSTECTOMY | IS THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE GALLBLADDER |
| DYSPEPSIA | ALSO KNOWN AS INDEJESTION IS PAIN OR DISCOMFORT IN DIGESTION |
| PROCTOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF RECTUM |
| ESOPHAGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS |
| GASTROMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE STOMACH OR ABDOMEN |
| SIGMOIDPEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF SIGMOID AND COLON |
| COLONSCOPY | IS THE DIRECT VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE SURFACE OFTHE ENTIRE COLON FROM THE RECTUM TO THE CECUM |
| GASTROTOMY | SURGICAL INCISION OF THE STOMACH |
| ILEECTOMY | IS THE SURGICAL REMMOVAL OF THE ILEUM |
| HEMATEMESIS | THE VOMITTING OR EXCESSIVE VOMITING |
| PANCREATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS |
| GINGIVECTOMY | THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF DISEASED GINGIVAL TISSUE |