Chapter 11 Digestive More Complimentary Terms Flashcards

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Ascites

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Abnormal collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity

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Diarrhea

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Frequent discharge of liquid stool

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Dysentery

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Disorder that involves inflammation of the intestine associated with diarrhea and abdominal pain

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Emesis

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Expelling matter from the stomach through the mouth

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Feces

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Waste from the digestive tract expelled through the rectum

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Flatus

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Gas in the digestive tract or expelled through the anus

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Gastric lavage

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Washing out of the stomach

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Gavage

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Process of feeding a person through a nasogastric tube

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Hematemesis

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Vomiting of blood

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Hematochezia

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Passage of bloody feces

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Malabsorption

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Impaired digestion or intestinal absorption of nutrients

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Melena

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Black tarry stools that contain digested blood, usually a result of bleeding in the upper GI tract

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Nausea

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Urge to vomit

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Palpate

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To examine by hand, to feel

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Peristalsis

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Involuntary wavelike contractions that propel food along the digestive tract

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Reflux

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Abnormal backward flow

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Stoma

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Surgical opening between an organ and the surface of the body