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Chabner, Language of Medicine 8th Edition, Ch 6 Add'l Suffix & Digestive Terms

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show hemoptysis (hemo = blood, -ptysis = spitting)  
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show rrhaphy, as in "herniorrhaphy"  
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show jejunojejunostomy (jejunum = pertaining to the jujeno. 2 parts = jejuno to jejuno, -stomy = opening)  
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show dilation of a lymph vessel (-ectasis = dilation, lymph = lymph, angie = vessel)  
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show difficult digestion (pepsia = digestion, dys- = difficult)  
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show splenorrhagia (-rrhagia = bursting forth of blood, splen/o = spleen) note the change from spleen to splen.  
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show Pyloric stenosis (stenosis = narrowing of a duct or canal, pylorus = distal aperture of the stomach, opening to the duodenum)  
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WHICH TEST would tell the presence of melena? (melena = black tarry stools; feces containing digested blood.)   show
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show Gastroscopy (-scopy, visual examination w/scope, gastr/o = stomach)  
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congenital lack of continuity of the esophagus is called ... ?   show
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show An enzyme that digests fat. (-ase = enzyme, lip/o = fat) A lipase is any enzyme that catalyzes the clevage of a fatty acid anion from a triglyceride or phospholipid.  
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Name the procedure to surgically repair the roof of the mouth.   show
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show ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) is NOT a liver function test.  
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TEST which would demonstrate choledocolithiasis? (stones in the bile duct)   show
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OPPOSITE of suffix -ectasis (= stretch, widen, dilate)   show
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Define the suffix -rrhea   show
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show Cholecystojejunostomy (surgical connection between gallbladder & jejunum)  
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choledoch/o   show
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Forward protrusion of the eye.   show
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show Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen. (para = near, nearby, close to) (-centesis = puncture to drain accumulated fluids - puncture and aspiration of...)  
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twisting of part of the intestine upon itself is called ... ?   show
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show PERIDONTAL PROCEDURE to remove gingiva tissue (-ectomy = remove, resect)  
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Menorrhagia   show
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show Visual examination of the abdomen using a scope (-scopy = using scope, lapar/o = abdomen)  
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Sialolithiasis   show
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show surgical repair of the eyelid (-plasty = surgical repair, blephar/o = eyelid)  
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show incision of a ring of muscles (-tomy = incision, sphincter/o = sphincter)  
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show removal of the gallbladder (-ectomy = removal, chole = gallbladder, cyst/o = urinary bladder)  
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herniorrhaphy   show
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show new opening of the first part of the colon to the outside of the body (-stomy = new opening, cec/o = cecum, first part of ascending large intestine)  
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gastroduodenal anastomosis   show
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gingivectomy   show
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show sound waves are used to image abdominal organs  
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show percutaneous removal of liver tissue followed by microscopic analysis (biopsy is the study of life w/scope)  
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show measure of bile pigment in the blood (bilirubin is byproduct of the breakdown of red blood cells)  
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barium enema   show
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show contrast material is injected "through the liver" (transhepatic) and x-rays are taken (graphy) of bile vessels (choleangio).  
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show feces are placed in a growth medium for bacterial analysis  
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show transverse x-ray pictures of abdominal organs (CT = Computed Tomography)  
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nasogastric intubation   show
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show test to reveal hidden blood in feces. Guaiac (gwee-ack), (hem/o = blood, -occult = hidden)  
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show Contrast is injected through an endoscope, x-rays taken of the pancreas and bile ducts. (-graphy = process of recording), (pancreat/o = pancreas), (angi/o = vessels), (chol/o = gallbladder)  
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show x-ray images of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine after administering barium by mouth.  
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show radioactive material is injected and image recorded of uptake in liver cells.  
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