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  1. Antiseptic: an agent that will prevent the growth or arrest the development of microorganisms.

  2. Microbial: related to microbes

  3. Surgical Asepsis: techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms before they can enter the body

  4. Contamination: result of something being placed in contact with microorganisms

  5. Cryosurgery: the use of a substance at subfreezing temperature to destroy or remove tissue

  6. Excision: the surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue.

  7. Anesthesia: without sensation, with or without loss of consciousness.

  8. Hepatitis: inflammation of the liver

  9. Gastroscopy: examination of the stomach with a gastroscope

  10. Insulin: unable to control the bladder or bowel

  11. Stenosis: narrowing or constriction of a passage or opening

  12. Sigmoid: an S-shaped section of the large intestine between the descending colon and the rectum.

  13. Pancreatitis: inflammation of the pancreas.

  14. Hydrochloric Acid: a digestive juice found in the stomach

  15. Hernia: a projection of a part from its normal location.

  16. Hemorrhoidectomy: surgical excision of hemorrhoidal tissue

  17. Esophagus: collapsible tube from the pharynx to the stomach, through which pass the food and water the body ingests.

  18. Diverticulitis: inflammation of the diverticula.

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

  20. Crohn's Disease: an inflammation of the GI tract with debilitating symptoms.

  21. Cholecystectomy: surgical removal of the gallbladder

  22. Appendicitis: inflammation of the appendix

  23. Emesis: to vomit.

  24. Gastric: pertaining to the stomach

  25. Ileum: the last section of the small intestine.