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09/04/2012

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Term
ANOREXIA
Definition
LACK OF APPETITE.
Term
ASCITES
Definition
ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE ABDOMEN.
Term
BORBORYGMUS
Definition
RUMBLING OR GURGLING NOISE PRODUCED BY THE MOVEMENT OF GAS, FLUID, OR BOTH IN THE GI TRACT.
Term
CONSTIPATION
Definition

DIFFICULTY IN PASSING STOOLS

(FECES)

Term
DIARRHEA
Definition
FREQUENT PASSAGE OF LOOSE, WATERY STOOLS.
Term
DYSPHAGIA
Definition
DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING.
Term
ERUCTATION
Definition
GAS EXPELLED FROM THE STOMACH THROUGH THE MOUTH.
Term
FLATUS
Definition
GAS EXPELLED THROUGH THE ANUS.
Term
HEMATOCHEZIA
Definition
PASSAGE OF FRESH, BRIGHT RED BLOOD FROM THE RECTUM.
Term

JAUNDICE

(ICTERUS)

Definition

YELLOW-ORANGE COLORATION OF THE SKIN AND WHITES OF THE EYES CAUSED BY HIGH LEVELS OF BILIRUBIN IN THE BLOOD

(HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA).

Term
MELENA
Definition
BLACK, TARRY STOOLS: FECES CONTAINING DIGESTED BLOOD.
Term
NAUSEA
Definition
UNPLEASANT SENSATION IN THE STOMACH ASSOCIATED WITH A TENDENCY TO VOMIT.
Term
APHTHOUS STOMATITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH WITH SMALL, PAINFUL ULCERS.
Term
STEATORRHEA
Definition
FAT IN THE FECES; FROTHY, FOUL-SMELLING FECAL MATTER.
Term
DENTAL CARRIES
Definition
TOOTH DECAY.
Term
HERPETIC STOMATITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH CAUSED BY INFECTION WITH THE HERPESVIRUS.
Term
ORAL LEUKOPLAKIA
Definition
WHITE PLAQUES OR PATCHES ON THE MUCOSA OF THE MOUTH.
Term
PERIODONTAL DISEASE
Definition
INFLAMMATION AND DEGENERATION OF GUMS, TEETH, AND SURROUNDING BONE.
Term
ACHALASIA
Definition
FAILURE OF THE LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER (LES) MUSCLE TO RELAX.
Term
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
Definition
MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE ESOPHAGUS.
Term
ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
Definition
SWOLLEN, VARICOSE VEINS AT THE LOWER END OF THE ESOPHAGUS.
Term
GASTRIC CANCER
Definition
MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE STOMACH.
Term

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE

(GERD)

Definition
SOLIDS AND FLUIDS RETURN TO THE MOUTH FROM THE STOMACH.
Term
HERNIA
Definition
PROTRUSION OF AN ORGAN OR PART THROUGH THE MUSCLE NORMALLY CONTAINING IT.
Term
PEPTIC ULCER
Definition
OPEN SORE IN THE LINING OF THE STOMACH OR DUODENUM.
Term
ANAL FISTULA
Definition
ABNORMAL TUBE-LIKE PASSAGEWAY NEAR THE ANUS.
Term
COLONIC POLYPS
Definition
POLYPS (BENIGN GROWTHS) PROTRUDE FROM THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE COLON.
Term
COLORECTAL CANCER
Definition
ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE COLON OR RECTUM, OR BOTH.
Term
CROHN DISEASE
Definition
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT (TERMINAL ILEUM AND COLON).
Term
DIVERTICULOSIS
Definition
ABNORMAL OUTPOUCHINGS IN THE INTESTINAL WALL.
Term
DYSENTERY
Definition
PAINFUL, INFLAMED INTESTINES COMMONLY CAUSED BY BACTERIAL INFECTION.
Term
HEMORRHOIDS
Definition
SWOLLEN, TWISTED, VARICOSE VEINS IN THE RECTAL REGION.
Term
ILEUS
Definition
LOSS OF PERISTALSIS WITH RESULTING OBSTRUCTION OF THE INTESTINES.
Term
INTUSSUSCEPTION
Definition
TELESCOPING OF THE INTESTINES.
Term

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

(IBS)

Definition
GROUP OF GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH STRESS AND TENSION.
Term
ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Definition
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE COLON WITH PRESENCE OF ULCERS.
Term
VOLVULUS
Definition
TWISTING OF THE INTESTINE ON ITSELF.
Term
CHOLELITHIASIS
Definition
GALLSTONES IN THE GALLBLADDER.
Term
CIRRHOSIS
Definition
CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE LIVER.
Term
PANCREATIC CANCER
Definition
MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE PANCREAS.
Term
PANCRATITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS.
Term
VIRAL HEPATITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER CAUSED BY A VIRUS.
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