Pathology Of The Digestive System Vocabulary

Question 1

Anorexia

Answer 1

Lack of appetite

Question 2

Ascites

Answer 2

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Question 3

Borborygmi (singular: borborygmus)

Answer 3

Rumbling or gurgling noises produced by the movement of gas, fluid, or both in the GI tract

Question 4

Constipation

Answer 4

Difficulty passing stools

Question 5

Diarrhea

Answer 5

Frequent passage of loose, watery stools

Question 6

Dysphagia

Answer 6

Difficultly in swallowing

Question 7

Eructation

Answer 7

Gas expelled from the stomach through the mouth

Question 8

Flatus

Answer 8

Gas expelled through the anus

Question 9

Hematochezia

Answer 9

Passage of fresh, bright red blood from the rectum

Question 10

Jaundice (icterus)

Answer 10

Yellow-orange coloration of the the skin and whites of the eyes caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood

Question 11

Melena

Answer 11

Black, tarry stools; feces containing digested blood

Question 12

Nausea

Answer 12

Unpleasant sensation in the stomach with a tendency to vomit

Question 13

Steatorrhea

Answer 13

Fat in the feces; frothy, foul-smelling fecal matter