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Med Term Ch3
gastrointestinal diseases
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Undergraduate 4
10/25/2011

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dysphasia
Definition
difficulty eating or swallowing
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polyphagia
Definition
excessive overetaing due to an obver active thyroid gland, diabetes mellitus, or a psychiatric illness
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GERD-gastroesophageal reflux disease
Definition
chronic inflamation and irration due to reflux form the stomach to esophagus
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hematemesis
Definition
vomiting of blood becasue of bleeding in stomach or esophagus
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peptic ulcer disease PUD
Definition
chronic irritation, burnign pain, and erosion of the mucosa to form and ulcer
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diverticulum
Definition
weakness of wall of colon that form a pouch or tube
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Chron's disease
Definition
type of IBD chronic inflamation of intestines, thickening of intestinal wall and ulcers
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hemorrhoid
Definition
swollen protruding veins in rectum
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incontinence
Definition
inability to voluntarily control bowel movements
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hernia
Definition
intestine buldge through a weakness in diaphram or abdominal wall
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cirrhosis
Definition
chronic, progressive and ultimatly irriversible degeneration of liver with nodule and scaring. Enlarged liver impaired function
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hepatitis
Definition
inflamation of liver from hep virus. weakness, anorexia, nausea, fever, dark urine, and jaundice
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jaundice
Definition
yellowish dicoloration of skin and whites of eyes
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