Chapter 6 combining terms

Question 1

ectasis
ectasia

Answer 1

dilation
widening

Question 2

emesis

Answer 2

vomiting

Question 3

-pepsia

Answer 3

digestion

Question 4

-phagia

Answer 4

digestion
swallowing

Question 5

-plasty

Answer 5

surgical repair

Question 6

-ptysis

Answer 6

spitting

Question 7

-rrhage
-rrhagia

Answer 7

bursting

Question 8

-rrhaphy

Answer 8

suture

Question 9

-rrhea

Answer 9

flow
discharge

Question 10

-spasm

Answer 10

involuntary contraction of muscle

Question 11

-stasis

Answer 11

stopping
controlling

Question 12

-stenosis

Answer 12

narrowing
tightening

Question 13

-tresia

Answer 13

opening

Question 14

-emesis

Answer 14

kidney shaped basin container used to collect vomit

Question 15

AFP

Answer 15

alpha fetoprotein - tumor marker for liver cancer

Question 16

alk phos

Answer 16

alkaline phosphatease

Question 17

ALT
AST

Answer 17

alanine transaminase
aspertate transminase
- enzymes measured in blood to evaluate liver function

Question 18

BE

Answer 18

barium enema

Question 19

BM

Answer 19

bowel movement

Question 20

BRBPR

Answer 20

bright red blood per rectum- hematochezia

Question 21

CIC

Answer 21

chronic idiopathic constipation

Question 22

CD

Answer 22

celiac disease

Question 23

CT

Answer 23

computed tomography

Question 24

EGD

Answer 24

esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Question 25

EPI

Answer 25

exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

Question 26

ERCP

Answer 26

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Question 27

ESLD

Answer 27

end stage liver disease

Question 28

EUS

Answer 28

endoscopic ultrasonography

Question 29

FOBT

Answer 29

fecal occult blood test

Question 30

G tube

Answer 30

gastrostomy tube
- feeding tube

Question 31

GAVE

Answer 31

gastric antral vascular ectasia
- dilated small blood vessels in the antrum

Question 32

GB

Answer 32

gallbladder

Question 33

GERD

Answer 33

gastroesophageal reflux disease