Digestive System Terminology Flashcards

A comprehensive set of flashcards covering vocabulary related to digestive system terminology, suffixes, combining forms, clinical procedures, and abbreviations.

-ectasis, -ectasia

dilation, widening

-emesis

vomiting

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction of muscles

-stasis

stopping; controlling

-stenosis

narrowing, tightening

-tresia

opening

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum

celi/o

abdomen

cheil/o

lip

chol/e

gall, bile

cholangi/o

bile duct (vessel)

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o

colon

colon/o

colon

dent/i

tooth

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestines

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

gluc/o

sugar

glyc/o

sugar

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

LFTs

liver function tests

stool culture

test for microorganisms in stool

stool guaiac test

test to detect blood in feces

X-rays

visual imaging method for diagnosis

abdominal ultrasonography

ultrasound imaging of the abdomen

laparoscopy

visual examination of the abdomen

nasogastric intubation

insertion of a tube into the stomach through the nose

paracentesis

puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen

alk phos

alkaline phosphatase

ALT, AST

alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase

BE

barium enema

BM

bowel movement

BRBPR

bright red blood per rectum

CD

celiac disease

CT

computed tomography

EGD

esophagogastroduodenoscopy

ERCP

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

EUS

endoscopic ultrasonography

FOBT

fecal occult blood test

G tube

gastrostomy tube

GB

gallbladder

GERD

gastroesophageal reflux disease

GI

gastrointestinal

HBV

hepatitis B virus

IBD

inflammatory bowel disease

LAC

laparoscopic-assisted colectomy

LFTs

liver function tests

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

NG tube

nasogastric tube

NPO

nothing by mouth

PEG tube

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

PEJ tube

percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube

PTHC

percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

PUD

peptic ulcer disease

TPN

total parenteral nutrition

T tube

tube for bile drainage

-ase

enzyme

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-chezia

defecation; elimination of wastes

-ectasia

stretching; dilation; expansion

-ectasis

stretching; dilation; expansion

-ectomy

removal; excision; resection

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

producing; forming

-graphy

process of recording

-iasis

abnormal condition

-lysis

breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening

-megaly

enlargement

-orexia

appetite