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medical terminology associated with the digestive system

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RECT/O   RECTUM  
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PROCT/O   ANUS, RECTUM  
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AN/O   ANUS  
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HEPAT/O   LIVER  
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PANCREAT/O   PANCREAS  
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CHOLANGI/O   BILE VESSEL  
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CHOL/E   BILE, GALL  
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CHOLECYST/O   GALLBLADDER  
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CHOLEDOCH/O   BILE DUCT  
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-EMESIS   VOMIT  
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-IASIS   ABNORMAL CONDITION  
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-MEGALY   ENLARGEMENT  
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-OREXIA   APPETITE  
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-PEPSIA   DIGESTION  
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-PHAGIA   SWALLOWING, EATING  
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-PRANDIAL   MEAL  
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-RRHEA   DISCHARGE, FLOW  
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DIA-   THROUGH, ACROSS  
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PERI-   AROUND  
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SUB-   UNDER, BELOW  
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ASYMPTOMATIC   WITHOUT SYMPTOMS  
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GASTROENTEROLOGY   THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERENED WITH DIGESTIVE DISEASES.  
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_____DEVELOPS IN THE PARTS OF TH EGI TRACT THAT ARE EXPOSED TO HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND PEPSIN.   PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (PUD)  
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_____IS A CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE LARGE INTESTINE AND RECTUM.   ULCERATIVE COLITIS  
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___IS CAUSED BY STOMACH ACID BACKING UP INTO THE ESOPHAGUS, CAUSING HEARTBURN.   GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD).  
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_________IS THE LACK OF OR LOSS OF APPETITE, RESULTING IN THE INABILITY TO EAT.   ANOREXIA  
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AN ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID INTHE ABDOMEN IS CALLED_____?   ASCITES  
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_____IS THE RUMBLING OR GURGLING NOISES THAT ARE AUDIBLE AT A DISTANCE.   BORBORYGMUS  
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___THE PHYSICAL WASTING THT INCLUDES LOSS OF WEIGHT AND MUSCLE MASS.   CACHEXIA  
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THE PRESENCE OR FORMATION OF GALLSTONES IN THE GALLBLADDER OR COMMON BILE DUCT.   CHOLELITHIASIS  
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SPASM IN ANY HOLLOW OR TUBULAR SOFT ORGAN ESPECIALLY IN THE COLON,ACCOMPANIED BY PAIN.   COLIC  
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CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, USUALLY OF THE ILEUM,ALSO CALLED REGIONAL ENTERITIS.   CHROHN DISEASE  
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THE ACT OF SWALLOWING.   DEGLUTITION  
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EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT FELT AFTER EATING, ALSO CALLED INDEGESTION.   DYSPEPSIA  
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THE INABILITY OR DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING,ALSO CALLED APHAGIA   DYSPHAGIA  
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OFFENSIVE OR BAD BREATH.   HALITOSIS  
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VOMITING OF BLOOD   HEMATEMESIS  
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SYMPTOM COMPLEX MARKED BY ABDOMINAL PAIN AND ALTERED BOWEL FUNCTION.   IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS)  
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PASSAGE OF DARK-COLORED,TARRY STOOLS, DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD.   MELENA  
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EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF FAT THAT EXCEEDS THE BODY'S SKELETAL AND PHYSICAL STANDARDS.   OBESITY  
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BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) OF 40 OR GREATER.   MORBID OBESITY  
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SEVERE CONSTIPATION   OBSTIPATION  
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PROGRESSIVE, WAVELIKE MOVEMENT THAT OCCURS INVOLUNTARILY IN HOLLOW TUBES OF THE BODY.   PERISTALSIS  
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BACKWARD FLOWING AS INTHE RETURN OF SOLIDS OR FLUIDS TO THE MOUTH FROM THE STOMACH.   REGURGITATION  
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APPLYING A SUBSTANCE CALLED GUAIAC TO A STOOL SAMPLE TO DETECT PRESENCE OF OCCULT(HIDDEN) BLOOD IN FECES.   STOOL GUAIAC  
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RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE RECTUM AND COLON FOLLOWING ENEMA ADMINISTRATION OF BARIUM SULFATE.   BARIUM ENEMA (BE)  
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ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURE THAT PROVIDESRADIOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION OF THE BILE AND PANCREATIC DUCTS TO IDENTIFY PARTIAL OR TOTAL OBSTRUCTION.   ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY(ERCP)  
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SURGICAL JOINING OF TWO DUCTS, VESSELS, OR BOWEL SEGMENTS.   ANASTOMOSIS  
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PROCEDURE FOR CRUSHING A STONE.   LITHOTRIPSY  
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USE OF SHOCK WAVES AS A NONINVASIVE METHOD TO BREAK UP STONES IN THE GALLBLADDER.   EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE  
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EXCISION OF A POLYP.   POLYPECTOMY  
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COUNTERACTS OR NEUTRALIZES ACIDITY.   ANTACIDS  
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CONTROL LOOSE STOOLS AND RELIEVE DIARRHEA   ANTIDIARRHEALS  
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CONTROL NAUSEA AND VOMITING   ANTIEMETICS  
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DECREASE GASTROINTESTINAL SPASMS   ANTISPASMODICS  
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TREAT CONSTIPATION   LAXATIVES  
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ALK PHOS   ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE  
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Ba   BARIUM  
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BE, BaE   BARIUM ENEMA  
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BM   BOWEL MOVEMENT  
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BMI   BODY MASS INDEX  
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CF   CYSTIC FIBROSIS  
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CT   COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY  
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EGD   ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY  
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ERCP   ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY  
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GB   GALLBLADDER  
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GERD   GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE  
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GI   GASTROINTESTINAL  
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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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HDV   HEPATITIS D VIRUS  
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HEV   HEPATITIS E VIRUS  
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IBS   IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME  
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LFT   LIVER FUNCTION TEST  
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NG   NASOGASTRIC  
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STAT   IMMEDIATELY  
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PUD   PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE  
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R/O   RULE OUT  
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a.c.   before meals  
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b.i.d.   twice a day  
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hs   half strength  
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h.s.   at bedtime  
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NPO, n.p.o.   nothing by mouth  
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pc, p.c.   after meals  
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p.o.   by mouth  
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p.r.n.   as required  
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qAM   every morning  
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q.d.   every day  
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q.h.   every hour  
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q.2h.   every 2 hours  
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q.i.d.   four times a day  
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q.o.d.   every other day  
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qPM   every evening  
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t.i.d.   three times a day  
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