Medical Terminology

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Vomiting blood

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Haematemesis

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Hypovolemic

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Low blood volume

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Thrombocytopenia

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Low platelet count

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Poor clotting

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Coagulopathy

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Varices

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Distended, lengthened veins

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Gynacomastia

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Breasts in men

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Enlarged spleen

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Splenomegaly

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Dysphasia

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Difficulty swallowing

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Dyspnoea

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Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing and pain

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Enlarged thyroid

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Goitre

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Tachycardia

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Increased heart rate

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Abnormal heart rhythm

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Arrhythmia

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Lithiasis

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Formation of stones (calculi) in the body

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Anorexia

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Loss of appetite

Associated with GI disease, late stages of cancer

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Febrile

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Fever

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Cough

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Tutsis

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Meleana

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Black, tarry faeces

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Oedema

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Excessive build up of fluid in the tissues

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Cahexia

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Weight loss and wasting

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Atrophy

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Decrease in cell size

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Hypertrophy

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Increase in cell size

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Dysuria

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Painful or difficult urination

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Fistulae

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Abnormal connection or passageway between two epithelium lined organs.

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Anastomoses

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Communication between two blood vessels without any intervening capillary network

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Aneurysm

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dilation or "baloon-like" bulge in a blood vessel

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Hernia

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A protrusuion of part of the abdominal viscera through a defect in the abdominal wall

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Nausea

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feeling of wanting to vomit

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Retching

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strong involuntary unproductive effort to vomit, associated with abdominal muscle contraction

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Vomiting

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expulsion of gastric contents through the mouth

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Ascites

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excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity

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Tenesmus

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Painful but fruitless desire to defaecate. It may be continuous or recurrent. The rectum feels full, but when the patient tries to pass a stool, nothing appears, or a little blood and mucus is passed

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Stomatitis

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Inflammation of the mouth

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Dyspepsia

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Used to describe upper abdominal symptoms E.g. Heartburn, acidity, pain, discomfort, wind, belching

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Fever

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Temperature over 37C Indicative of infection/inflammation

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Achlasia

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Oesphageal aperistalsis and impaired relaxation of the LOS

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Dyskinesia

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Involuntary movements (caused by lesions in the basal ganglia)

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Syncope

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Loss of consciousness, usually due to a reduction in perfusion of the brain