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1
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ADA diabetic diet

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Dietary adjustment for people with diabetes by adjusting carb and calorie intake

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Adaptive devices

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Special equipment

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Aspiration

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Inhaling food or fluid in the lungs

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Blood sugar

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Concentration of glucose in the blood

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Carbohydrates

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Compounds with relatively small molecules such as simple sugars

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Cc

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Clear liquid diet

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Liquid you can see through or fluids at body temp

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Dehydration

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A condition that occurs when a person does not have enough fluid in their body

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Dietician

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A person who has a degree in nutrition

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Diet card

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Piece of paper for a residents meal tray that has name, allergies, and their specific diet

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty swallowing

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Edema

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Swelling in body tissues by excess fluid

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Emesis

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The act of vomiting

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Fats

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Provides energy and adds flavor to food

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Feeding tube

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Getting food through a tube in liquid form

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Fiber

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Nutrients in the diet that are not digested by gastrointestinal enzymes

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17
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Fluid balance

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18
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Fluid restrictions

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Fluids are limited to a certain amount

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19
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Force fluids

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A medical order for a person to drink more fluids

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20
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Full liquid diet

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A diet consisting of liquids that you can’t see through

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Gastrostomy tube

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Tube inserted through a surgically created opening into the stomach

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HS snack

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Snack given before bedtime

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Intake and output

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Recording all fluid that goes into and out of the body

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Intravenous IV

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Fluid administered through a needle within a vein

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25
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Low/high fiber diet

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Diet with increased or decreased fiber

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Low sodium diet

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Diet with decreased or no salt/sodium

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27
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Mechanical soft diet

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Semi solid foods that are easily digested

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28
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Metabolism

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The burning of food for heat and energy

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29
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Minerals

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30
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MyPlate

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Emphasizes vegetables, fruits, grains, proteins, and low fat dairy

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31
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No salt added diet

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No extra salt or sodium is added to the residents diet

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32
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Nausea

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Feeling sick, dizzy, vomiting

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33
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Nasogasrtic tube

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A feeding tube that goes from the nose to.tje stomach

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34
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NPO

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nothing by mouth

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35
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Parenteral nutrition

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36
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Plate rim

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Assistive device secure to the rim of the plate to help with eating

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37
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Protein

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Most important nutrient needed for growth and repair of tissue

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38
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Pureed diet

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All food has been ground pressed and or drained to a soft consistency or paste

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Soft diet

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Smooth to the touch, does not required chewing

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40
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Speech therapist

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Assist patients who have speaking difficulties and swallowing disorders

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41
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Thickened liquids

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Liquids that have been thickened to a honey, nectar, or pudding consistency

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TPN total parenteral nutrition

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IV infusion of nutrients onto a basic for absorbed directly into cells

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43
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Vomiting

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Act of throwing up contents of stomach

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44
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Vitamins

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45
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24hr urine collection

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A urine specimen consisting of all urine voiding in a 24hr period

46
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Anuria

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Failure of the kidneys to produce urine

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Bedpan

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Shallow toilet pan for use by persons confined to a bed

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Bedside commode

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A decide used for elimination when a person is able to get out of bed but unable to walk to bathroom

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Bladder

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A membraneous sac in humans which collects urine for excretion and holds urine

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Bladder/bowel retraining

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The goals is to control urination, to help with urinary incontinence

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Briefs

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Incontinence product that keeps a person dry

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Catheter

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A flexible tube inserted into a body cavity to remove fluid

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Clean catch/midstream

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The perineal area is cleaned before collecting a urine specimen and caught mid stream

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Collection device/hat

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A collection container that can be inserted into a toilet to measure urine or stool

55
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Condom catheter

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Catheter that fits onto the penis

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Continent

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Able to control your bladder and bowels

57
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Dialysis

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A process that cleans the body of wasted that the kidneys cannot remove due to kidney failure

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Down drain/drainage bag

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To use gravity to drain off liquid in a gradual process

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Dysuria

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Painful or difficult urination

60
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Elimination

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The act of discharging or exceeding waste products

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Foreskin

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Fold of skin which covers the head of the penis

62
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Indwelling/foley catheter

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Type oof catheter that remains inside the bladder for a period of time, urine drains into a bag

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Incontinence

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Cannot control bowels and bladder

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Incontinence pad

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Small permeable multilayered sheet with high absorbency that is used in the health care industry

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Fracture pan

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Bedlam that is flatter than normal bedpan, used for those with injuries that male them unable to lift lower back onto regular bedpan

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Graduate

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A calibrated container used to measure fluid

67
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Hematuria

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Blood in the urine

68
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Kidney failure

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The kidneys fail to clean and filter blood, latest stage if kidney disease

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Kidney stone

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Painful disorder check characterized by formation of clumps of minerals in the kidneys and bladder

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Leg bag

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Bag worn strapped to the leg to store urine drained from bladder by means of a catheter

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Micturation

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Nocturia

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Frequent urination at night

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Oliguria

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Decreased or little urination

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Polyuria

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Urinating large amounts of urine

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Sample/specimen

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Blood, urine, feces, skin etc. Are all collected and tested to detect and prevent diseases and infections

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Straight catheter

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Catheter that is inserted into the bladder and is only used once then thrown away

77
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Suprapubic catheter

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SPC, it is inserted into the belly button through to the bladder and collects urine

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Urinalysis/UA

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Analysis, testing, and detection of urine

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Urinal

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Plastic container used by men to urinate

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Urinary meatus

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Opening of the urethra on the surface of the body

81
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UTI/ urinary tract infection

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Infection of the urinary system

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Urinary incontinence

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Inability to control passage of the urine from the bladder

83
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Ureterostomy

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Creation of a stoma for a ureter or kidney

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Urinary retention

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Inability to completely or partially empty the bladder

85
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Urination

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Act of passing urine from the bladder into the urethra and urinary meatus, AKA voiding or micturition

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Voiding

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Urination, micturation

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Anus

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Opening of the rectum

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Bowel movement

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Process of emptying the colon or intestines of stool or feces

89
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bowel obstruction

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the prolonged retention and buildup of feces in the rectum

90
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colon

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the large intestine

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colon cancer

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cancer in the large intestine

92
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colostomy

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surgically created opening into the large intestine to allow feces to be expelled

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constipation

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the difficult and often painful elimination of hard dry stool

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defecation

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the process of excreting feces form the rectum through the anus, a BM

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diarrhea

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frequent elimination of liquid or semi liquid feces

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enema

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the introduction of fluid into the rectum and over colon

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fecal impaction

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a mass of hard dry stool that reamains packed in the rectum and cannot be expelled

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feces

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solid body waste excrete through the anus from the colon

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flatus

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gas or air in the stomach or intestines

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GERD

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gastroesophageal reflux disease

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hemorrhoids

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enlarged veins in the rectum that can cause itching, burning, pain, and bleeding

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hepatitis

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disease of inflammation of the liver

103
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ileostomy

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a surgically created opening between the ileum and the abdominal wall

104
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ostomy bag

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a bag to collect the feces that has been expelled through the ostomy

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peptic ulcer

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a lesion in the lining of the digestive tract, typically in the stomach caused by stomach acid

106
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rectum

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comparitively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus

107
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reflux

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a condition in which gastric fluid is regurgitated into the esophagus causing heartburn

108
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stoma

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a surgically created opening

109
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suppository

110
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ureterostomy

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creation of a stoma for a ureter or kidney

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