Med Term Ch 6

-ectasis, -ectasia

dilation, widening

-emesis

vomiting

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhage, -rragia

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction of muscles

-stasis

controlling, stopping

-stenosis

narrowing, tightening

-tresia

opening

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum

celi/o

belly, abdomen

cheil/o

lip

chol/e

gall, bile

cholangi/o

bile duct, vessel

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o, colon/o

colon

dent/i

teeth

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestines

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

gluc/o

sugar

glyc/o

sugar, storage form

hepat/o

liver

herni/o

hernia

ile/o

ileum

jejun/o

jejunum

labi/o

lip

lingu/o

tongue

lip/o

fat

lith/o

stone

odont/o

tooth

or/o

mouth

palat/o

palate

pancreat/o

pancreas

proct/o

anus and rectum

pylor/o

pyloric sphincter

rect/o

rectum

sialaden/o

salivary gland

splen/o

spleen

steat/o

fat

stomat/o

mouth

Liver Function Tests (LFTs)

tests for enzymes and bilirubin in blood

Stool culture

test for microorganisms in stool

Stool Guaiac Test (Hemoccult test)

test to detect blood in feces

Lower gastrointestinal series (barium enema)

xray examination of lower gastrointestinal tract

upper gastrointestinal series

xray images of esophagus, stomach, small intestines after administration of barium by mouth

Cholangiography

image of bile vessels

Computed Tomography (CT)

xray images that are taken in multiple views, especially transverse cross sections

Adbominal ultrasonography

when sound waves are used to image abdomen organs

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)

use of endoscope combined with ultrasound to examine organs of gastrointestinal tract

Magnetic Resonance Technique (MRI)

procedures that uses magnetic waves to produce images or organs and tissues in all three plans of body

Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic Acid Scan (HIDA scan)

radioactive imaging procedure that tracks production and flow of bile from liver and gallbladder to intestines

Gastric Bypass or Bariatric Surgery

reduces stomach size

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

visual examination of GI tract

Laparoscopy

visual examination of abdomen

Liver Biopsy

removal of liver tissue for microscopic examination

Nasogastric intubation

insertion of tube through nose into stomach

Paracentesis (abdomenocentesis)

puncture to remove fluid from abdomen

Alk phos

alkaline phosphatase, enzyme measured to evaluate liver function

ALT, AST

alanine transaminase, enzyme measured to evaluate liver function

BE

barium enema, contrast medium that is inserted into rectum

BM

bowel movement

BRBPR

bright red blood per rectum

CD

celiac disease, immune reaction to eating gluten

EGD

esophaogastroduodenoscopy, flexible tube that travels through esophagus

ERCP

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, procedure where contrast material is injected through endoscope and xrays are taken of pancreas and bile duct

EUS

endoscopic ultrasonography

FOBT

fecal occult blood test

G Tube

gastrostomy tube, introduces nutrients into stomach after insertion through abdominal walls with laparoscopic instruments

GB

gallbladder

GERD

gastroesaphageal reflux disease

GI

gastrointestinal

HBV

hepatitis B virus

IBD

inflammatory bowel disease

LAC

laparoscopic assisted colectomy

LFTs

liver function tests

NG Tube

nasogastric tube, procedure where narrow tube is passed into stomach from nose

NPO

nothing by mouth

PEG tube

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube, feeding tube that goes to stomach

PEJ tube

percutaneous endoscopic jejunum tube, feeding tube that goes to jejunum

PTHC

percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

PUD

peptic ulcer disease

TPN

total parental nutrition

T tube

tube placed in bile duct for drainable into small pouch outside of body