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41 Cards in this Set
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-ectasis, -ectasia
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strectching, dilation, 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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sugrical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging
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-pytsis
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spitting
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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bursting forth
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-rrhea
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discharge
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-spasm
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sudden involuntary contraction of muscles
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-statis
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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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alk phos
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alkaline phosphate
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ALT, AST
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alanine transminase, asparatate transaminase-enzymes measured to elcuate liver function
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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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esophagogastrodudenoscopy
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ERCP
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endoscpoic retograde 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
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GB
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gallbladder
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GERD
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gastroesophageal 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 diease
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LAC
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laparoscopic assisted colectomy
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LFT
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liver function tests
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MRI
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magnetic resonane imaging
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NG tube
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masigastric tube
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NPO
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nothing by mouth
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PEG tube
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percutaneous endoscpoic jejunostone tube - feeding tube
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PEJ tube
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peritaneous 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 parenteral nutrition
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T tube
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tube places in the biliary tract for drainage
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