Chapter 6 Digestive System Suffixs

Question 1

-ectasis, -ectasia

Answer 1

dilation (dilatation),
widening

Question 2

-emesis

Answer 2

vomiting

Question 3

-pepsia

Answer 3

digestion

Question 4

-phagia

Answer 4

eating, swallowing

Question 5

-plasty

Answer 5

surgical repair

Question 6

-ptysis

Answer 6

spitting

Question 7

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Answer 7

bursting forth (of blood)

Question 8

-rrhaphy

Answer 8

suture

Question 9

-rrhea

Answer 9

flow, discharge

Question 10

-spasm

Answer 10

involuntary contraction
of muscles

Question 11

-stasis

Answer 11

stopping, controlling

Question 12

-stenosis

Answer 12

narrowing, tightening

Question 13

-tresia

Answer 13

opening

Question 14

AFP

Answer 14

alpha-fetoprotein—tumor marker for liver cancer

Question 15

alk phos

Answer 15

alkaline phosphatase

Question 16

ALT, AST

Answer 16

alanine transaminase, aspartate ransaminase—enzymes measured in
blood to evaluate liver function

Question 17

BE

Answer 17

barium enema;a radiographic (x-ray) of the lower gastrointestinal tract (GI).

Question 18

BM

Answer 18

bowel movement

Question 19

BRBPR

Answer 19

bright red blood per rectum—hematochezia

Question 20

CD

Answer 20

celiac disease;illness caused by immune reaction to eating gluten

Question 21

CIC

Answer 21

chronic idiopathic constipation; constipation without a casue.

Question 22

CT

Answer 22

computed tomography

Question 23

EGD

Answer 23

esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Question 24

EPI

Answer 24

exocrine pancreatic insufficiency;small intestine cannot digest food completely due to problems with enzymes produced by the pancreas.

Question 25

ERCP

Answer 25

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; combines upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and x-rays

Question 26

ESLD

Answer 26

end-stage liver disease

Question 27

EUS

Answer 27

endoscopic ultrasonography

Question 28

FOBT

Answer 28

fecal occult blood test,use to check for stools in blood

Question 29

G tube

Answer 29

gastrostomy tube—feeding tube

Question 30

GAVE

Answer 30

gastric antral vascular ectasia—dilated small blood vessels in the antrum (the last part of the stomach)

Question 31

GB

Answer 31

gallbladder

Question 32

GERD

Answer 32

gastroesophageal reflux disease;stomach content move up into the esophagus.

Question 33

GI

Answer 33

gastrointestinal

Question 34

HBV

Answer 34

hepatitis B virus

Question 35

IBD inflammatory bowel disease

Answer 35

(Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis)

Question 36

J-tube

Answer 36

jejunostomy tube—feeding tube

Question 37

LAC

Answer 37

laparoscopic-assisted colectomy

Question 38

LAP

Answer 38

laparoscopic

Question 39

LFTs

Answer 39

liver function tests—alk phos, bilirubin, AST, ALT

Question 40

MRI

Answer 40

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 41

NASH

Answer 41

nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (fa
y liver)

Question 42

NG tube

Answer 42

nasogastric tube

Question 43

NPO

Answer 43

nothing by mouth (Latin nil per os)

Question 44

PEG tube

Answer 44

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube—feeding tube

Question 45

PEJ tube

Answer 45

percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube—feeding tube

Question 46

PTHC

Answer 46

percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography;x ray for bile ducts.

Question 47

PUD

Answer 47

peptic ulcer disease;sore on lining of stomach

Question 48

TPN

Answer 48

total parenteral nutrition Intravenous solutions contain sugar, amino acids, electrolytes, and
vitamins.

Question 49

T-tube

Answer 49

special tube (shaped like the letter T) placed in the bile duct for drainage into a small pouch (bile bag) on the outside of the body