Chapter 6 combining terms Flashcards
1
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ectasis
ectasia
A
dilation
widening
2
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emesis
A
vomiting
3
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-pepsia
A
digestion
4
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-phagia
A
digestion
swallowing
5
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
6
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-ptysis
A
spitting
7
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-rrhage
-rrhagia
A
bursting
8
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-rrhaphy
A
suture
9
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-rrhea
A
flow
discharge
10
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-spasm
A
involuntary contraction of muscle
11
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-stasis
A
stopping
controlling
12
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-stenosis
A
narrowing
tightening
13
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-tresia
A
opening
14
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-emesis
A
kidney shaped basin container used to collect vomit
15
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AFP
A
alpha fetoprotein - tumor marker for liver cancer
16
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alk phos
A
alkaline phosphatease
17
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ALT
AST
A
alanine transaminase
aspertate transminase
- enzymes measured in blood to evaluate liver function
18
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BE
A
barium enema
19
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BM
A
bowel movement
20
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BRBPR
A
bright red blood per rectum- hematochezia
21
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CIC
A
chronic idiopathic constipation
22
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CD
A
celiac disease
23
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CT
A
computed tomography
24
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EGD
A
esophagogastroduodenoscopy
25
EPI
exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
26
ERCP
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
27
ESLD
end stage liver disease
28
EUS
endoscopic ultrasonography
29
FOBT
fecal occult blood test
30
G tube
gastrostomy tube
- feeding tube
31
GAVE
gastric antral vascular ectasia
- dilated small blood vessels in the antrum
32
GB
gallbladder
33
GERD
gastroesophageal reflux disease
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