Question | Answer |
peristalysis | successive waves of involuntary contraction passing along the walls of a hollow muscular structure (as the esophagus or intestine) and forcing the contents onward |
mastication | Chewing |
Aphagia | Inability to swallow |
Biliary | Pertaining to bile |
Buccal | Pertaining to the cheek |
Cholecysectomy | Surgical excision of the gallbladder |
Cholecystitis | Inflammation of the gallbladder |
Colectomy | Excision of part of the colon |
Colonoscopy | Examination of the colon and the distal small bowel with an endoscope. |
Diverticula of Colon | Hernation of mucosa and submucosa of the colon, which can cause edisodes of bleeding and inflammation |
Diverticulitis | Inflammation of the diverticula in the colon |
Diverticulosis | Presence of a number of diverticula of the intestine. |
Dysphagia | Difficulty in swallowing |
Epigastric | Region above the stomach |
Esophageal | Pertaining to the esophagus |
Gastralgia | Pain in the stomach |
Gastroenterologist | Physician specializing in the gastro-intestinal system |
Hematemesis | Vomiting blood |
Herniotomy | Incision into a hernia |
ileostomy | Creating an opening through the abdominal wall into the ileum |
Lapaotomy | Surgical incision into the abdomen. |
Pancreatitis | Inflammation of the pancreas |
Pharyngeal | Pertaining to the pharynx |
Rectocele | Herniation of the rectum into the vagina |
Sigmoidoscope | Instrument used to view the sigmoid |
Splenomegaly | Enlarged spleen |
Stomatitis | Inflammation of the mucous membrain of the mouth |
Sublingual or subglossal. | Below or beneath the tongue. |