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Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Ch 6 Add'l Suffix & Digestive Terms

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show hemoptysis (hemo = blood, -ptysis = spitting)  
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The suffix which means "suture"   show
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show jejunojejunostomy (jejunum = pertaining to the jujeno. 2 parts = jejuno to jejuno, -stomy = opening)  
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lymphangiectasis   show
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show difficult digestion (pepsia = digestion, dys- = difficult)  
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bursting forth of blood from the spleen is called ... ?   show
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Narrowing of the opening between the stomach and intestine is called ...?   show
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WHICH TEST would tell the presence of melena? (melena = black tarry stools; feces containing digested blood.)   show
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show Gastroscopy (-scopy, visual examination w/scope, gastr/o = stomach)  
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show esophageal atresia (atresia = congenital absence of a normal body opening, esophageal = pertaining to the esophagus.)  
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show An enzyme that digests fat. (-ase = enzyme, lip/o = fat) A lipase is any enzyme that catalyzes the clevage of a fatty acid anion from a triglyceride or phospholipid.  
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Name the procedure to surgically repair the roof of the mouth.   show
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show ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) is NOT a liver function test.  
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TEST which would demonstrate choledocolithiasis? (stones in the bile duct)   show
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show -stenosis (tighten, stricture, narrowing)  
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Define the suffix -rrhea   show
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show Cholecystojejunostomy (surgical connection between gallbladder & jejunum)  
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choledoch/o   show
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Forward protrusion of the eye.   show
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show Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen. (para = near, nearby, close to) (-centesis = puncture to drain accumulated fluids - puncture and aspiration of...)  
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show Cecal volvulus (cecal = pertaining to the cecum / first part of the large intestine) (volvulus = twisted intestine)  
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show PERIDONTAL PROCEDURE to remove gingiva tissue (-ectomy = remove, resect)  
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Menorrhagia   show
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show Visual examination of the abdomen using a scope (-scopy = using scope, lapar/o = abdomen)  
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show salivary stones (lithiasis = condition of presence of stones) (sial/o = salivary)  
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show surgical repair of the eyelid (-plasty = surgical repair, blephar/o = eyelid)  
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show incision of a ring of muscles (-tomy = incision, sphincter/o = sphincter)  
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cholecystectomy   show
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herniorrhaphy   show
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cecostomy   show
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show pertaining to a new surgical connection between the stomach and the first part of the small intestine. (anastomosis = surgical connection of parts, -al = pertaining to, duoden/o = duodenum (first part of the small intestine), gastr/o = stomach)  
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show removal of gum tissue (-ectomy = removal, gingiv/o = gum tissue  
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abdominal ultrasonography   show
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show percutaneous removal of liver tissue followed by microscopic analysis (biopsy is the study of life w/scope)  
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show measure of bile pigment in the blood (bilirubin is byproduct of the breakdown of red blood cells)  
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barium enema   show
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percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography   show
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stool culture   show
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show transverse x-ray pictures of abdominal organs (CT = Computed Tomography)  
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nasogastric intubation   show
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show test to reveal hidden blood in feces. Guaiac (gwee-ack), (hem/o = blood, -occult = hidden)  
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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography   show
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upper gastro-intestional series   show
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Liver Scan   show
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