6 More Digestive Terms and Abv Flashcards by Jordan Ashdown

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-ectasis, -ectasia

A

stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening

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-emisis

A

vomiting

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-lysis

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destruction, breakdown, separation

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phagia

A

eating, swallowing

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-ptysis

A

spitting

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction of muscles

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-stenosis

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tightening, stricture, narrowing

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-tresia

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opening

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celi/o

A

belly, abdomen

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choledoch/o

A

common bile duct

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sialaden/o

A

salivary gland

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LFTs

A

Liver Function Tests

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ALT

A

alanine transaminase, elevated if liver disease

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AST

A

aspartate transaminase, elevated if liver disease

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alk phos (alkaline phosphotase

A

enzyme elevated with liver, bone and other disease

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GB

A

gallbladder

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PUD

A

peptic ulcer disease