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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. OBJECTIVES. LEARN TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM REVIEW COMMON SUFFIXES AND PREFEXES. BOLUS. A mass of food that has been chewed and is ready to be swallowed. PERISTALSIS.
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OBJECTIVES LEARN TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM REVIEW COMMON SUFFIXES AND PREFEXES
BOLUS • A mass of food that has been chewed and is ready to be swallowed
PERISTALSIS • Wavelike contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscular tubes in one direction only.
DYSPHAGIA Difficulty in swallowing
GASTRITIS • Inflammation of the stomach
GASTRALGIA Pain in the stomach.
GASTROSCOPY • Visual examination of the stomach
GASTRECTOMY Surgical removal of the stomach
MELENA Black feces, caused by digested blood
EMESIS • Vomiting
HEMATEMESIS Vomiting of blood
HYPEREMESIS Excessive vomiting
PYROSIS • Heartburn, burning sensation behind the lower sternum, caused by the return of acidic stomach content in the esophagus
GERD • Gastroesophagealreflux disease
ENTERIC • Pertaining to the small intestine
ENTERITIS Inflammation of the small intestine
COLOSTOMY • The creation of a new opening into the colon
COLOTOMY • Surgical incision into the colon
COLONOSCOPE • A device used for visual examination of the colon
PROCTOLOGIST • One who specializes in the study of anus and rectum
HEPATITIS • Inflammation of the liver
HEPATOMEGALY • Enlargement of the liver
HEPATOMA • A tumor of the liver
CHOLECYSTITIS Inflammation of the gallbladder
CHOLECYSTECTOMY • Surgical removal of the gallbladder
STOMATITIS Inflammation of the mouth
ANOREXIA Lack of appetite
VOLVULUS Twisting of the intestine on itself that causes an obstruction of digestive tract
MASTICATION Chewing
APPENDICITIS Inflammation of the appendix
APPENDECTOMY • Surgical removal of the appendix