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Antiseptic

An agent that will prevent the growth or arrest the development of microorganisms.

Microbial

Related to microbes.

Surgical Asepsis

Techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms before they can enter the body.

Contamination

Result of something being placed in contact with microorganisms.

Cryosurgery

The use of a substance at subfreezing temperature to destroy or remove tissue.

Excision

The surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue.

Anesthesia

Without sensation, with or without loss of consciousness.

Hepatitis

Inflammation of the liver.

Gastroscopy

Examination of the stomach with a gastroscope.

Insulin

Unable to control the bladder or bowel.

Stenosis

Narrowing or constriction of a passage or opening.

Sigmoid

An S-shaped section of the large intestine between the descending colon and the rectum.

Pancreatitis

Inflammation of the pancreas.

Hydrochloric Acid

A digestive juice found in the stomach.

Hernia

A projection of a part from its normal location.

Hemorrhoidectomy

Surgical excision of hemorrhoidal tissue.

Esophagus

Collapsible tube from the pharynx to the stomach, through which pass the food and water the body ingests.

Diverticulitis

Inflammation of the diverticula.

Digestion

The process by which food is broken down, mechanically and chemically, in the gastrointestinal tract and converted into absorbable forms.

Crohn's Disease

An inflammation of the GI tract with debilitating symptoms.

Cholecystectomy

Surgical removal of the gallbladder.

Appendicitis

Inflammation of the appendix.

Emesis

To vomit.

Gastric

Pertaining to the stomach.

Ileum

The last section of the small intestine.