Medical Terminology
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| -ectasis | dilation / widening
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| -ectasia | dilation / widening
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -phagia | eating / swallowing
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -ptysis | spitting
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| -rrhage | bursting forth
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| -rrhagia | bursting forth
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | flow / discharge
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles
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| -stasis | stopping / controlling
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| -stenosis | narrowing / tightening
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| -tresia | opening
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| bucco/o | cheeck
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| cec/o | cecum
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| celi/o | belly / abdomen
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| cheil/o | lip
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| chol/e | bowl / gall
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| cholangi/o | bowl duct
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bowl duct
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| col/o | colon
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| colon/o | colon
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| dent/i | teeth
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| duoden/o | 1st part of small intestines
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| enter/o | intestines
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| esophag/o | esophagus
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| gingiv/o | gums
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| gloss/o | tounge
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| gluc/o | sugar
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| glyc/o | sugar
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| hepat/o | liver
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| herni/o | hernia
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| ile/o | 3rd part of intestines
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| jejun/o | 2nd part of intestines
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| labi/o | lip
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| lingu/o | tongue
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| lip/o | fat
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| lith/o | stone / calculus
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| odont/o | tooth
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| or/o | mouth
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| palat/o | palate
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
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| proct/o | anus / rectum
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| pylor/o | pylorus / pyloric sphincter
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| rect/o | rectum
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| sialaden/o | salivary gland
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| splen/o | spleen
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| steat/o | fat / sebum
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| stomat/o | mouth
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| lower gastrointestinal series | X- ray images of the colon and rectum obtained after injection of barium into the rectum
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| upper gastrointestinal series | X- ray images of the esophagus, stomach and small intestines obtained after administering barium by mouth
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| cholangiography | X- ray examination of the biliary system performed after injection of contrast into the bile ducts
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| computed tomography (CT) | a series of x-ray images are taken in multiple views
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| abdominal ultrasonography | sound waves beamed into the abdomen produce an image of abdominal viscera
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| endoscopic ultrasonography | use of an endoscope combined with ultrasound to examine the organs of the gastrointestinal tract
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| HIDA scan | radioactive imaging procedure that tracks the production and flow of bile from the liver and gallbladder to the intestines
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| gastric bypass or bariatric surgery | reducing the size of the stomach and diverting food to the jejunum
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| gastrointestinal endoscopy | visual examination of the gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope
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| laparoscopy | visual examination of the abdomen with a laparoscope inserted through small incisions in the abdomen
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| liver biopsy | removal of liver tissue from microscopic examination
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| nasogastric intubation | insertion of a tube through the nose into the stomach
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| paracentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen
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| atresia (pronounce) | TER
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| cholecystolithiasis (pronounce) | THI
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| dentalgia (pronounce) | TAL
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| hemoptysis (pronounce) | MOP
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| lipase (pronounce) | LI
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| paracentesis (pronounce) | TE
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