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Chabner, LOM ed.7
Chapter 6 Terms
TERM | DEFINITION |
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ABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY | SOUND WAVES BEAMED INTO THE ABDOMEN, PRODUCE AN IMAGE OF ABDOMINAL VISERA |
APHTHOUS STOMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH WITH SMALL ULCERS |
ATRESIA | NOT OPENING; CLOSURE OF A NORMAL BODY STRUCTURE THAT SHOULD BE OPEN |
BILIARY ATRESIA | BILIARY ARE NOT OPEN |
BRONCHIECTASIS | DILATATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES |
BRONCHOSPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION OF THE CARDIAC SPHINCTER |
BUCCAL | PERTAINING TO THE CHEEK |
CECAL VOLVULUS | TWISTING OF A PART OF THE CECUM UPON ITSELF |
CELIAC ARTERY | ARTERY TAKING BLOOD TO THE ABDOMEN |
CHEILOSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF THE LIP |
CHOLANGIECTASIS | DILATION OF THE BILE VESSELS |
CHOLANGIOGRAPHY | X-RAY EXAMINATION OF THE BILIARY SYSTEM AFTER INJECTING CONTRAST INTO BILE DUCTS |
CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY | X-RAY EXAMINATION OF THE BILIARY SYSTEM AND PANCREAS AFTER INJECTING CONTRAST VIA CATHETER THROUGH THE MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, DUODENUM, AND THEN INTO BILE DUCTS |
CHOLECYSTECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE GALLBLADDER |
CHOLECYSTJEJUNOSTOMY | NEW OPENING BETWEEN THE GALLBLADDER AND THE JEJUNUM |
CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF STONES IN THE GALLBLADDER |
CHOLESTASIS | STOPPAGE OF THE FLOW OF BILE |
CHOLEDOCHAL | PERTAINING TO THE COMMON BILE DUCT |
CHOLELITHIASIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF THE GALLBLADDER STONES |
COLECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE COLON |
COLONSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE COLON |
DENTALGIA | TOOTH PAIN |
DYSMENORRHEA | DISCHARGE DURING MENSTRATION |
DYSPEPSIA | INDIGESTION |
DYSPHAGIA | DIFFICULT SWALLOWING |
ESOPHAGEAL ASTRAGIA | CLOSURE OF THE ESOPHAGUS |
GASTRIC BYPASS | REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE STOMACH AND DIVERTING FOOD TO THE JEJUNUM |
GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY | REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE STOMACH AND DIVERTING FOOD TO THE JEJUNUM |
GASTRODUODENAL ANASTOMOSIS | NEW OPENING BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND THE DUODENUM |
GASTROENTERITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE STOMACH AND THE INTESTINES |
gastrointestinal endoscopy | visual examination of the gastrointestinal tract with an endoscope |
gastrojejunostomy | new surgical opening between the stomach and the jejunum |
gigivectomy | removal of the gums |
glossopharyngeal | pertaining to the mouth and throat |
glycolysis | the process of breaking down sugar |
hematemesis | vomiting blood |
hemolysis | destruction of blood |
hemoptysis | spitting up blood |
hemorrhage | bursting of blood flow |
hemostasis | stoppage of blood flow |
hepatomegaly | enlargement of the liver |
herniorrhapy | suture of a hernia |
ileostomy | opening of the ileum to the outside of the body |
labioglossopharyngeal | pertaining to the lips, tongue, and throat |
lipase | enzyme to digest fats |
liver biopsy | removal of liver tissue followed by microscopic examination |
liver scan | image of the liver after ijecting radioactive material into the blood stream |
lower gastrointestinal series (barium enema) | x-ray images of the colon and rectum after injecting barium into the rectum |
lymphangiectasia | dialation of the lymph vessels |
menorrhagia | heavy discharge of blood during menstration |
nasogastric intubation tube (NGI) | insertion of a tube through the nose into the stomach |
odynophagia | paun caused by swallowing |
oropharynx | the part of the throat near the throat |
palatoplasty | surgical repair of the palate |
pancreatic | pertaining to the pancreas |
paracentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen |
peridontal membrane | membrane surrounding the tooth |
polyphagia | over eating |
proctosigmoidoscopy | visual examination of the rectum and the stomach |
proptosis | forward protrusion of the eye |
pyloric stenosis | narrowing of the pyloric spincter |
rectosigmoidoscopy | visual examination of the rectum and the stomach |
rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose |
sialadenectomy | removal of the salivary glands |
splenic flexure | area of the colon that bends downward near the spleen |
steatorrhea | dicharge of fat in feces |
sublingual | pertaining to under the tongue |
stool culture | test for microorganisms present in stools |
stool guaiac (hemoccolt test) | detection of blood in feces |
guaiac | is a chemical from the wood of trees |
barium swallow | a study of the esophagus |
tomography | producces a series of x-ray pictures showing multiple views of an organ |