Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 11 Flashcards

6896854422	or/o	mouth	0
6896854423	stomat/o	mouth	1
6896854424	gingiv/o	gums	2
6896854425	dent/o	tooth	3
6896854426	odont/o	tooth	4
6896854427	gloss/o	tongue	5
6896854428	lingu/o	tongue	6
6896854429	gastr/o	stomach	7
6896854430	esophag/o	esophagus	8
6896854431	enter/o	intestines	9
6896854432	duoden/o	duodenum	10
6896854433	jejun/o	jejunum	11
6896854434	ile/o	ileum	12
6896854435	col/o	colon (large intestine)	13
6896854436	colon/o	colon (large intestine	14
6896854437	sigmoid/o	sigmoid colon	15
6896854438	rect/o	rectum	16
6896854439	an/o	anus	17
6896854440	proct/o	anus and rectum	18
6896854441	bil/i	bile	19
6896854442	chol/e	bile	20
6896854443	sial/o	saliva	21
6896854444	abdomin/o	abdomen	22
6896854445	celi/o	abdomen	23
6896854446	lapar/o	abdomen	24
6896854447	cyst/o	bladder	25
6896854448	doch/o	duct	26
6896854449	hepat/o	liver	27
6896854450	hepatic/o	liver	28
6896854451	pancreat/o	pancreas	29
6896854452	peritone/o	peritoneum	30
6896854453	aphagia	inability to eat	31
6896854454	dyspepsia	bad digestion	32
6896854455	hematemesis	vomiting blood	33
6896854456	hyperemesis	excessive vomiting	34
6896854457	constipation	difficulty passing feces	35
6896854458	diarrhea	passing of fluid or unformed feces	36
6896854459	dysentery	another name for diarrhea (bad intestine condition)	37
6896854460	enterodynia	pain in the intestines	38
6896854461	hemorrhoid	inflammation of the veins surrounding the anus	39
6896854462	jaundice	yellow of skin, tissue and fluids caused by increasing levels of bilirubin in the blood	40
6896854463	gastroparesis	partial paralysis of the stomach	41
6896854464	gingivitis	inflammation of the gums	42
6896854465	flatus	medical term for passing gas	43
6896854466	hernia	rupture or protrusion of an organ through the wall that normally contains it	44
6896854467	ascites	retention of fluid in the peritoneum	45
6896854468	hepatomegaly	enlargement of the liver	46
6896854469	colonoscopy	procedure for looking at the colon	47
6896854470	endoscope	instrument used to look inside	48
6896854471	esophagogastroduodenoscopy	procedure for looking inside the esophagus, stomach and duodenum	49
6896854472	fecal occult blood test (FOBT)	test of feces to discover blood not visibly apparent	50
6896854473	laparoscopy	procedure for looking inside the abdoment	51
6896854474	nasogastric tube	tube inserted through the nose into the stomach	52
6896854475	bariatrics	branch of medicine dealing with weight issues	53
6896854476	gastroenterologist	specialist in the stomach and intestines	54
6896854477	orthodontist	specialist in straightening teeth	55
6896854478	proctologist	specialist in the anus, rectum and colon	56
6896854479	epigastric	upper center portion of the abdoment	57
6896854480	umbilical	middle center portion of the abdomen	58
6896854481	esophagitis	inflammation of the esophagus	59
6896854482	gastritis	inflammation of the stomach	60
6896854483	gastroenteritis	inflammation of the stomach and intestines	61
6896854484	gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)	disease in which acid comes up from the stomach and damages the esophagus	62
6896854485	colitis	inflammation of the colon	63
6896854486	fistula	any abnormal passageway in the body that shouldn't be there	64
6896854487	anal fistula	abnormal opening between the rectum and the exterior perianal skin	65
6896854488	jejunoileitis	inflammation of the jejunum and ileum	66
6896854489	cholecystitis	inflammation of the gallbladder	67
6896854490	cholelithiasis	presence of a gallstone	68
6896854491	cirrhosis	liver disease named for the change of color in the liver	69
6896854492	hepatitis	inflammation of the liver	70
6896854493	hepatosclerosis	hardening of the liver	71
6896854494	pancreatitis	inflammation of the pancreas	72
6896854495	peritonitis	inflammation of the peritoneum	73
6896854496	antiemetic	agent that prevents or relieves nausea or vomiting	74
6896854497	glossorrhaphy	suture of the tongue	75
6896854498	anastomosis	creating of an opening, a surgical procedure connecting two previously unconnected hollow tubes	76
6896854499	colostomy	creation of an opening in the colon	77
6896854500	abdominocentesis	puncture of the abdomen (usually for withdrawing fluid)	78
6896854501	cholelithotripsy	crushing of gallstones	79
6896854502	hepatopexy	surgical fixation of the liver	80
6896854503	laparoscopic surgery	the use of a laparoscope to perform minimally invasive surgery	81
6896854504	EGD	esophagogastroduodenoscopy	82
6896854505	FOBT	fecal occult blood test	83
6896854506	GERD	gastroesophageal reflux disease	84
6896854507	GI	gastrointestinal	85
6896854508	NPO	nothing by mouth (nihil per os)	86
6896854509	N&V	nausea and vomiting	87
6896854510	RLQ	right lower quadrant	88
6896854511	RUQ	right upper quadrant	89
6896854512	LLQ	left lower quadrant	90
6896854513	LUQ	left upper quadrant	91