Med Term Ch7
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| Combining form teeth (2) | dento, odonto
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| Combining form for mouth | stomato
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| Combining form for tongue (2) | glosso, linguo
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| Combining form for lips | cheilo
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| Combining form for gums | gingivo
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| Combining form for esophagus | esophago
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| Combining form for stomach | gastro
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| Combining form for small intestine | entero
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| Combining form for duodenum | duodeno
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| Combining form for jejunum | jejuno
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| Combining form for ileum | ileo
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| Combining form for large intestine | colo
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| Combining form for sigmoid colon | sigmoido
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| Combining form for rectum | recto
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| Combining form for anus and rectum | procto
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| Combining form for liver | hepato
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| Combining form for gallbladder | cholecysto
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| Combining form for pancreas | pancreato
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| Suffix for inflammation | itis
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| Suffix for study of | ist
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| Suffix for paralysis | plegia
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| Suffix for surgical repair | plasty
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| Suffix for excision | ectomy
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| Suffix for contraction | spasm
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| Suffix for stretching or dilatation | ectasia
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| Suffix for study of | logy
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| Suffix for make a surgical artificial opening in the colon | ostomy
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| Suffix for hemorrhage | rrhagia
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| Suffix for stitching or suturing | rrhaphy
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| Suffix for incision into | tomy
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| Suffix for washing or irrigation | clysis
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| Suffix for procedure used to look into an organ or body cavity | scopy
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| Suffix for prolapse | ptosis
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| Suffix for herniation | cele
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| Suffix for instrument used to examine | scope
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| Suffix for enlarged | megaly
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| Suffix for picture or record | gram
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| Suffix for stone | lith
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| Combining form for fungus | myco
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| Stoma | Greek word for mouth
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| Stomatitis | inflammation of the mouth
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| Pain in the mouth | stomatalgia
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| Stomatoplasty | surgical repair of the mouth
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| Hemorrhage of the mouth | stomatorrhagia
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| Condition of the mouth | stomatomycosis
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| Any disease of the mouth | stomatopathy
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| Microscope | is an instrument for examining something small
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| An instrument for examining the mouth is a | stomatoscope
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| The process of examining with this instrument is | stomatoscopy
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| Glossitis | means inflammation of the tongue
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| Glossectomy | means excision of the tongue
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| Pain in the tongue | glossalgia
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| Pertaining to the tongue | glossal or sublingual
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| Hypo | prefix meaning below or under
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| Hypoglossal | under the tongue
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| A medication that is administered under the tongue is a | hypoglossal or sublingual medication
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| Nitroglycerin tablets are administered | sublingually
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| Prolapse of the tongue | glossoptosis
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| Examination of the tongue | glossoscopy
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| Paralysis of the tongue | glossoplegia
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| Cheilitis | inflammation of the lips
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| Cheiloplasty | plastic surgery of the lips
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| Incision of the lips | cheilotomy
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| Condition or disorder of the lips | cheilosis
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| Plastic surgery of the lips and mouth | cheilostomatoplasty
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| Gingival | pertaining to the gums
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| Inflammation of the gums | gingivitis
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| Gum pain | gingivalgia
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| Excision of the gum tissue | gingivotomy
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| Inflammation of the gums and tongue | gingivoglossitis
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| Tongue and gums | linguogingival
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| Mastication | process of chewing
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| Peristalsis | smooth muscle contractions pushing food down esophagus to stomach
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| Ingestion | process of swallowing
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| Digestion | chemical breakdown of food
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| Absorption | movement of nutrients intestine to the blood
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| Defacation | expelling of solid waste
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| Solid waste material | feces or stool
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| Eso | means in or toward
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| Phago | means swallow
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| Esophago | is used in words about the esophagus
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| Pertaining to the esophagus | Esophageal
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| Stenosis | is a condition of narrowing that may occur in a tube or passageway
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| Mitral stenosis | – is a narrowing of the mitral valve opening in the heart
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| Esophagostenosis | is a narrowing of the esophagus
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| A person experiencing dysphagia may have a narrowing of the esophagus or | esophagostenosis
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| GERD | Gastroesophageal reflux disease causes gastric &duodenal juices to enter and irritate the esophagus
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| Gastrorrhagia | means stomach hemorrhage
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| Gastritis | inflammation of the stomach
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| Gastric | pertaining to the stomach
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| Helicobacter pylori (HP) | an organism that has been found to be a common cause of gastritis in children and adults
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| HP | is transmitted through contamination with gastrointestinal substances such as vomit or feces.
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| Symptoms of HP infection | include epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, and dyspepsia.
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| HP is treated with | antibiotics and H2 antagonists (gastric secretion inhibitors)
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| ectasia (or ectasis) | is a suffix meaning stretching or dilatation
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| Dilatation (stretching) of the stomach | gastrectasia
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| Prolapse of the stomach and small intestine | gastroenteroptosis
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| Entero | used in words about the small intestine or intestine in general
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| Inflammation of the stomach | gastritis
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| The internal medicine specialty that studies diseases of the stomach and intestine is | gastroenterology
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| Dys | prefix means difficult or pain
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| Dysentery | is a disorder of the intestine characterized by inflammation, pain, diarrhea.
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| When caused by an amoeba type parasite, it is called | amoebic dysentery
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| Pertaining to the stomach and small intestine | gastroenteric
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| Hemorrhage of the small intestine | enterorrhagia
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| Intestinal hernia | enterocele
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| Washing or irrigation of the small intestine | enterocylsis
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| Paralysis of the small intestine | enteroplegia
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| Dilatation of the small intestine | enterectasia
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| Enteroptosis | means prolapse of the small intestine
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| Enterocentesis | means surgical puncture of the small intestine
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| Colo | is the combining form for colon (small intestine)
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| Colic or colonic | means pertaining to the colon or large intestine
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| Colocentesis | means surgical puncture of the colon
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| Surgical fixation of the colon | colopexy
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| Making a new opening into the colon | colostomy
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| Prolapse of the colon | coloptosis
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| Diverticula | (singular, diverticulum) are outpouchings or pockets that develop in the colon wall
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| The presence of diverticula is a condition called | diverticulosis
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| Diverticulitis | inflammation of the diverticula
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| Clysis | is a suffix meaning washing or irrigation.
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| Irrigation of the colon | coloclysis
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| Irrigation of the stomach | gastroclysis
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| Irrigation of the small intestine using contrast media to better view the small intestine on x rays is called | enteroclysis
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| An instrument to examine the small intestine is the | enteroscope
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| Sigmoido | refers to the sigmoid colon
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| An instrument used to examine the sigmoid colon is the | sigmoidoscope
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| The procedure is called | sigmoidoscopy
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| The combining form for the rectum is | recto
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| Rectal means pertaining to the | rectum
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| A rectocele is a rectal hernia or | herniation of the rectum
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| Washing or irrigation of the rectum | rectoclysis
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| Instrument for examining the rectum | rectoscope
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| Pertaining to the colon and rectum | colorectal
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| The process of examining the rectum with a rectoscope is called | rectoscopy
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| Using a rectoscopy, the physician is performing a | rectoscopic examination
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| Sigmoidoscopy | is done using an endoscope introduced through the anus and rectum to the sigmoid colon
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| Plastic surgery of the rectum | rectoplasty
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| Suturing (stitching) of the rectum | rectorrhaphy
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| Pertaining to the rectum and urethra | rectourethral
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| Incision of the bladder through the rectum | rectocystotomy
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| Procto | is the combining form for anus and rectum
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| A proctologist is one who | specializes in diseases of the anus and rectum
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| Proctology | is the study of diseases of the anus and rectum
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| Washing or irrigation of anus and rectum | proctoclysis
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| Paralysis of the anus and rectum | proctoplegia
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| A proctologist examines the rectum and anus with a | proctoscope
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| Examination using proctoscope is | proctoscopy
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| Suturing of the rectum and anus | proctorrhaphy
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| Surgical fixation of the rectum and anus | proctopexy
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| Catharsis | comes from Greek work katharsis meaning purification
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| An emotional release from anxiety | catharsis
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| Psychoanalysis | creates an experience of emotional release or catharsis
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| Cathartics | cause liquification of the stool or relaxation of the bowel to ease defecation prod. physical relief.
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| Another name for laxative is | cathartic
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| Infrequent or small amount of bowel movement is an indication of | constipation
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| Hepato | combining form for liver, comes from Greek word hepar
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| Hepatic | means pertaining to the liver
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| Hepatomegaly means | enlargement of the liver
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| Inspection (examination) of the liver | hepatoscopy
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| Any disease of the liver | hepatopathy
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| Incision into the liver | hepatotomy
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| Excision of (part of) the liver | hepatectomy
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| Inflammation of the liver | hepatitis
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| Hepatitis B | is a serious condition of the liver caused by a viral infection.
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| Hepatitis B vaccine (Hep B) may be administered as an immunization protection against | hepatitis
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| How many types of viral hepatitis? | 5
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| What are the three most common? | Hepatitis A, B and C
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| Hepatitis A (HAV infection) | is an acute infection associated with food or water that is contaminated by human waste
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| Hepatitis B (HBV infection) | is classified as an STD and is transmitted by blood and body fluids
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| Hepatitis C (HCV infection) | is a chronic condition usually passed through the blood
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| Pancreatic | means pertaining to the pancreas
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| Pancreatolysis | means destruction of pancreatic tissue
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| A stone or calculus in the pancreas | pancreatolith
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| Any pancreatic disease | pancreatopathy
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| Excision of part or all of the intestine | pancreatectomy
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| Incision into the pancreas | pancreatotomy
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| Cholelithiasis | is a condition in which gallstones have formed in the gallbladder
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| Cholecystograph or cholecystogram | an x ray of the gallbladder
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| Pancreatitis | occurs when choleliths lodge in the biliary duct blocking bile flow or in the pancreatic ducts
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| Graph | – originally meant machine, but in practice it has come to mean the x
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| Inflammation of the pancreas | pancreatitis
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| Inflammation of the gallbladder | cholecystitis
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| What is used to insert a cannula (tube) into the common bile duct or pancreatic duct? | Endoscope
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| ERCP | when contrast media is introduced to take and xray of the common bile duct or pancreatic duct
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| ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
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| Hemorrhage of the liver | hepatorrhagia
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| Suture of a wound of the liver | hepatorrhaphy
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| Hernia of the liver | hepatocele
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| Pain in the liver | hepatodynia
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| Stone in the liver | hepatolith
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| Atresia | literally means not perforated or not open.
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| Biliary atresia | is a condition in which the bile ducts are not open
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| A congenital condition in which a part of the intestine is closed is intestinal | atresia
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| If a baby is born with esophageal atresia, the esophagus would be | closed
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| In the heart, congenital closure of the mitral valve is | mitral atresia
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| Bile backs up into the liver if the ducts are closed or blocked, called | biliary atresia
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| Cirrhosis | liver disease
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| Kirrhos | Greek means orange yellow
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| Cirrhosis | occurs as a result of malnutrition, alcoholism, poisoning or a history of hepatitis
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| Chronic alcoholism or hepatitis may lead to a dysfunctional liver disease called | cirrhosis
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| Spleno | used in words about the spleen
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| Excision of the spleen | splenectomy
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| Enlargement of the spleen | splenomegaly
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| Prolapse of the spleen | splenoptosis
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| Surgical fixation of the spleen | splenopexy
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| Any disease of the spleen | splenopathy
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| Suture of the spleen | splenorrhaphy
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| Hemorrhage from the spleen | splenorrhagia
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| Splenalgia | pain in the spleen
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| Splenic | means pertaining to the spleen
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| Anastomosis | is a surgical connection between tubular structures
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| Combining form for esophagus | esophago
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| Anastomosis of stomach, small intestine, and large intestine | gastroenterocolostomy
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| Anastomosis of the esophagus and stomach | esophagogastrostomy
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| Anastomosis of the small intestine and gallbladder | enterocholecystostomy
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| Jejunoileitis | inflammation of the jejunum and ileum
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| Cholecystoduodenostomy | new opening between the duodenum and gallbladder
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| Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) | examination of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum
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| Cholangiopancreatography | x-ray of the biliary and pancreatic ducts
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| BM | bowel movement
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| PO | by mouth (Latin: per os), orally
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| NPO | nothing by mouth
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| EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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| ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
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| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease
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| Hep B | hepatitis B vaccine
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| HAV | hepatitis A virus
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| HBV | hepatitis B virus
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| HCV | hepatitis C virus
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| HP | Helicobacter pylori
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| GI | gastrointestinal
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| GB | gallbladder
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| NG | nasogastric
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| HCL | hydrochloric acid
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| BE | Barium enema
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| Front | anterior
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| Ejecting from the stomach through the mouth | vomiting
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| Bleed | hemorrhage
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| Pertaining to the nose and stomach | nasogastric
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| Instrument used to look into | endoscope
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| Pertaining to mucosa | mucosal
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| Breathe in (suck in) | aspirate
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| Having the same concentration | isotonic
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| Sore | ulcer
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| Pertaining to the stomach and intestine | gastrointestinal
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| Black, old blood | melenic
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| Low blood pressure | hypotensive
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| First part of small intestine | duodenal
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| Clots | thrombi
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| Esophagogastroduodenoscopy | EGD
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