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39 Cards in this Set
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-ectasis, -ectasia
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stretching, dilation, dilatation; widening
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-lysis
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destruction, breakdown, separation
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-pepsia
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digestion
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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droop; sag; protrude
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-spasm
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sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles. Twitching.
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-stasis
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to stop; control
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-stenosis
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tightening, stricture, narrowing
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-tresia
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opening
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BE
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barium enema
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BM
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bowel movement
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BRBPR
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bright red blood per rectum
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CT
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computed tomography
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EGD
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esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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ERCP
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endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
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FOBT
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fecal occult blood test
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G tube
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gastrostomy tube; also called stomach tube and PEG tube--used to introduce nutrients into the stomach after insertion through the abdominal wall with laparoscopic instruments
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GB
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gallbladder
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GERD
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gastoesophageal reflux disease
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GI
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gastrointestinal
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HBV
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hepatitis B virus
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IBD
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inflammatory bowel disease
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LAC
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laparoscopic assisted colectomy
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LFTs
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liver function tests
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MRI
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magnetic resonance imaging
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NG tube
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nasogastric tube
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NPO
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nothing by mouth
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PEG tube
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percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube---feeding tube
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PTHC
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percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
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PUD
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peptic ulcer disease
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STEP
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serial transverse enteroplasty
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TPN
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total parental nutrition
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T tube
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tube placed in the biliary tract for drainage
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