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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 10 REVIEW
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10/11/2012

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ENTERITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES
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COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS TO EAT OR SWALLOW
Definition
PHAG/O
Term
CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
CIRRHOSIS
Term
HEMORROIDS
Definition
A VARICOSE CONDITION OF VEINS IN THE ANUS THAT RESULTS IN PAINFUL SWELLING
Term
COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS INTESTINES
Definition
ENTER/O
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WHAT IS A LAPAROSCOPY
Definition
VISUAL EXAM OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT INCLUDES A CAMERA, FIBER OPTICS, AND LONG, FLEXIBLE TUBE
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WHAT IS HALITOSIS
Definition
BAD BREATH
Term
WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION N&V STAND FOR
Definition
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
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CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
CROHN'S DISEASE
Term
TYPE OF DRUG TO REDUCE ACIDITY OF THE STOMACH
Definition
ANTACID
Term
PROTRUSION OF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STOMACH THROUGH THE DIAPHRAGM TO ENTER THE THORACIC CAVITY
Definition
HIATAL HERNIA
Term
COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS ABDOMEN
Definition
LAPAR/O
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COMBINING FORM THAT MEANS DIGESTION
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PESO/O
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CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
GLOSSORHAPHY
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CONSTIPATION
Definition
INCOMPLETE OR INFREQUENT BOWEL MOVEMENTS
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COLOSTOMY
Definition
MED TERM FOR SURGICAL CREATION OF AN OPENING IN THE COLON
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WHAT IS IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
Definition
A CHRONIC DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY PERIODIC DISTURBANCES OR DIARRHEA AND CONSTIPATION WITHOUT CLEAR PHYSICAL DAMAGE
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STRANGULATED HERNIA
Definition
WHEN BLOOD FLOW IS RESTRICTED TO A PROTRUDING ORGAN
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INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH
Definition
GASTRITIS
Term
MEDICAL TERM FOR THE PRESENCE OF MANY SMALL GROWTHS
Definition
POLYPOSIS
Term
CLEFT PALATE
Definition
CONGENITAL DEFECT WHERE THE BONES IN THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH DO NOT COMPLETELY FUSE
Term
CHOLETHITHIASIS
Definition
CONDITION OF STONES IN THE FALLBLADDER OR BILE DUCTS 
Term
EATING DISORDER IN WHICH THE PATIENT DENIES FOOD DUE TO A COMPULSION TO BECOME THIN
Definition
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Term
A SEGMENT OF THE LARGE INTESTINE
Definition
CECUM
Term
VAGOTOMY IS DEFINED AS
Definition
SURGICAL DISSECTION OF BRANCHES OF THE VAGUS NERVE, WHICH INNERVATES MUCH OF THE GI TRACT
Term
INGUINAL HERNIA
Definition
A PROTRUSION OF A LOOP OF THE SMALL INTESTINE THROUGH THE ABDOMINAL WALL IN THE GROIN REGION
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FLATULENCE
Definition
MED TERM FOR THE PASSAGE OF GAS THROUGH THE ANUS
Term
DISEASE INVOLVES A RECURRING BLACKFLOW OF STOMACH CONTENTS INTO THE ESOPHAGUS
Definition
GERD
Term
COLONOSCOPY
Definition
PROCESS OF VIEWING THE COLON
Term
POLYP
Definition
A GROWTH FROM THE WALL OF THE COLON INTO THE CENTER OF THE COLON
Term
STEATORRHEA
Definition
DISCHARGE OF FAT IN THE STOOL
Term
CIRRHOSIS
Definition
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY GRADUAL LOSS OF LIVER CELLS AND REPLACEMENT WITH FAT AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES
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ANTISPASMODIC
Definition
MEDICATION THAT IS USED TO DECREASE PERITALSIS IN THE GI TRACT TO STOP DIARRHEA
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