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| removal of all or part of the tongue |
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| surgical repair of a defective lip |
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| pertaining to the lips, particularly the lips of the mouth |
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| specialist who diagnoses and treats disorders of teeth |
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| dentist who specializes in correcting and preventing irregularities of abnormally positioned or aligned teeth |
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| excision of diseased gingival tissue |
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| calculus formed in a salivary gland or duct |
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| instrument used to examine the esophagus |
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| inflamaion of the pharynx and tonils |
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| pain in the stomach; also called stomachache |
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| involuntary contraction of the pyloric sphincter of the stomach, as in pyloric stenosis |
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| duodenum (first part of the small intestine) |
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| visual examination of the duedenum |
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| intestine (usually small intestine) |
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| jejunum (second part of small intestine) |
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| ileum (third part of the small intestine) |
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| creation of an opening between the ileum and the abdominal wall |
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| inflamation of the appendix |
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| creation of an opening between the colon and the abdominal wall |
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| visual examination of the colon |
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| incision of the simoid colon |
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| herniation or protrusion of the rectum; also calles proctocele |
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| physician who specializes in treating the disorders of the colon, rectum and anus |
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| pertaining to the area around the anus |
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| destruction of the pancreas by pancreatic enzymes |
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| samll terminal portion of the bile duct |
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| removal of the gallbladder |
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| surgical repair of the common bile duct |
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| presence or formation of gallstones in the gallbladder or common bile duct |
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| epigastric discomfort felt after eating; also called indigestion |
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| excessive amount of fat discharged in fecal matter |
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| abnormally frequent discharge or flow of fluid fecal matter from the bowel |
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| inflamation of peritoneal tissue around the sigmoid colon |
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| pertaining to the area under the tongue |
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| abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen |
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| rumbling or gurgling noises that are audible at a distance and are caused by passage of gas through the liquid contents of the intestine |
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| physical wasting that includes loss of weight and muscle mass; commonly associated with AIDs and cancer |
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| scarring and dysfunction of the liver caused by chronic liver disease |
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| spasm in any hollow or tubular soft organ especially in the colon, accompanied by pain |
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| chronic inflammation, usually of the ileum, but possibly affecting any portion of the intestinal tract; also called regional enteritis |
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| inflammation of the intestion, especially the colon, that may be caused by ingesting eater or food containing chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa or parasites, which resulta in bloody diarrhea |
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| inability or difficulty in swallowing; also called aphagia |
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| producing gass from the stomach, usually with a characteristic sound; also called belching |
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| gas in the gi tract; expelling of air from a body orifice, especially the anus |
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| gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) |
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| backflow of gastric contents in to the esophagus due to a malfunction of the sphincter muscle at the inferior portion of the esophagus |
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| offensive, or "bad," breath |
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| vomiting of blood from bleeding in the esophagus or stomach |
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| irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) |
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| symptom complex marked by abdominal pain and altered bowel function (typically constipation, diarrhea or alternating constipation and diarrhea) for which no organic cause can be determined; also called spastic colon |
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| symptom complex of the small intestine characterized by the impaired passage of nutrients, minerals or fluids through intestinal villi into the blood or lymph |
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| passage of dark-colored, tarry stools, due to the pressence of blood altered by intestinal juices |
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| excessive accumulation of fat that exceeds the body's skeletal and physical standards, usually an increase of 20 percent or more above ideal body weight |
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| body mass indes (bmi) of 40 or greater, which is generally 100 or more pounds over ideal body weight |
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| severe constipation; may be caused by an intestinal obstruction |
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| formation of white spots or patches on the mucous membrane of the tongue, lips or cheek caused primarily by irritation |
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| progressive, wavelikemovement that occurs involuntarily in hollow tubes of the body, espcially the gi tract |
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| stricture or narrowing of the pyloric sphincter at the outlet of the stomach, causing an obstruction that blocks the flow of food into the small intestine |
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| backward flowing, as in the return of solids or fluids to the mouth from the stomach |
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| visual examination of a cavity or canal using a flexible fiberoptic instrument called an endoscope |
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| visual examination of the esophagus (esophagoscopy), stomach (gastrophy) and duodenum (duodenoscopy) |
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| visual examination of the colon (colonoscopy), sigmoid colon (sigmoidoscopy), and rectum and anal canal (proctoscopy) |
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| test to identify microorganisms or parasites present in feces |
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| applying a substance called guaiac to a stool sample to detect presence of occult (hidden) blood in feces; also called hemoccult |
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| physical examination; pulmonary embolism |
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