Digestive symptomatic terms Flashcards
1
Q
bad breath
A
halitosis
2
Q
cannot eat/swallow
A
aphagia
3
Q
difficulty swallowing
A
dysphagia
4
Q
loss of appetite
A
anorexia
5
Q
too much appetite
A
bulimia
6
Q
indigestion
A
dyspepsia
7
Q
vomiting blood
A
hematemesis
8
Q
eating too much
A
polyphagia
9
Q
heart burn
A
pyrosis
10
Q
a rumbling sound from bowels
A
borborygmus
11
Q
spasm in the intestines
A
colic
12
Q
frequent bowel action
A
diarrhea
13
Q
bright red blood from the rectum
A
hematochezia
14
Q
black stool; chronic bleeding in the intestines
A
melena
15
Q
growths
A
polyps
16
Q
itching around the anus
A
pruritus ani
17
Q
arteriole in the skin that look like a spider
A
arterial spiders
18
Q
loss of hair in the chest and armpits
A
alopecia
19
Q
snake-like in the abdomen
A
caput medusae
20
Q
yellowing of skin
A
jaundice
