Med Terms Related to the Digestive System

Inability to swallow

Pertaining to the bile

Pertaining to the cheek

Surgical excision of the gallbladder

Excision of part of the colon

Examination of the colon and the distal small bowel with an endoscope

Herniations of mucosa and submucosa of the colon, which can cause episodes of bleeding and inflammation

Inflammation of the diverticula in the colon

Presence of a number of diverticula of the intestine

Difficulty in swallwing

Region above the stomach

Pertaining to the esophagus

Pain in the stomach

Physician specializing in the gastrointestinal system

Vomiting blood

Incision into a hernia

Creating an opening through the abdominal wall into the ileum

Surgical incision into the abdomen

Inflammation of the pancreas

Pertaining to the pharynx

Herniation of the rectum into the vagina

Instrument used to view the sigmoid

Enlarged spleen

Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth

Below or beneath the tongue. syn-subglossal