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12/8 Gastro terms
12/8 Gastrointestional Term List
Term | Definition |
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GASTROSTOMY | SURIGCAL OPENING INTO THE ABDOMINAL WALL/STOMACH |
DYSPEPSIA | DIFFICULTY WITH DIGESTION |
ENTER0COLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF COLON |
ILLECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ILEUM |
ESOPHAGOSARCOMA | MALIGNANT NEOPLASM (GROWTH) IN THE ESOPHAGUS |
HEMIGLOSSECTOMY | SURIGCAL REMOVAL OF HALF OF THE TONGUE |
CHOLECYSTOLITHOTOMY | INCISION INTO THE GALLBLADDER TO REMOVAL A GALLSTONE |
SUBLINGUAL | PERTAINING TO BENEATH THE TONGUE |
PROCTOSCOPE | TUBULAR INSTRUMENT WITH ILLUMINATION FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE RECTUM |
HYPOGLOSSAL | PERTAINING TO THE TONGUE MUSCLES |
PANCREATOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE PANCREAS |
TONSILLECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE TONSIL |
PHARYNGORRHAPHY | SUTURING OF THEPHARYNGX |
LAPAROSCOPY | ABDOMINAL EXPLORATION USING ENDOSCOPE |
COLIC | SHARP PAIN RESULTING FROM OBSTRUCTION IN TUBULAR ORGAN, SUCH AS INTESTINES OR URETER |
PERITONITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUM |