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ANOREXIA NERVOSA
EMOTIONAL EATING DISORDER IN WHICH THE PATIENT AVOIDS FOOD DUE TO A COMPULSION TO BECOME THIN IN APPEARENCE
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ANTIEMETIC
A DRUG THAT PREVENTS OR STOPS THE VOMITING REFLEX
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ANTISPASMODIC
A DRUG THST REDUCES PERISTALSISACTIVITY IN THE GI TRACT
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APHAGIA
INABILITY TO SWALLOW LITERALLY WITHOUT EATING
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APPENDECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE APPENDIX
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ASCITES
AN ACCUMILAITON OF FLUID WITHIN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY THAT PRODUCES AN ENLARGED ABDOMEN
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CATHARTIC
AGENT THAT STIMULATES STRONG WAVES OF PERISTALSIS OF THE COLON
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CHEILITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE LIP
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CHEILORRHAPHY
PROCEDURE OF SUTURING A LIP
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CHOLECYSTECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE GALLBLADDER
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CHOLECYSTITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE GALLBLADDER, USUALLY CAUSED BY GALLSTONES LODGED WITHIN IT
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CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY
X-RAY IMAGE OR CHOLECYSTOGRAM OF THE GALLBLADDER
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CHOLEDOCHITIS
PRESENCE OF STONES WITHIN THE COMMON
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CHOLEDOCHOLITHOTOMY
SURGERY THAT INVOLVES THE REMOVAL OF ONE OR MORE OBSTRUCTIVE GALLSTONES FROM THE COMMON BILE DUCTS
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CHOLELITHIASIS
GENERALIZED CONDITION OF CONDITION OF STONES LODGED WITHIN THE GALLBLADDER OR BILE DUCTS
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CIRRHOSIS
CHRONIC, PROGRESSIVE LIVER DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY THE GRADUAL LOSS OF LIVER CELLS AND THEIR REPLACMENT BY FAT AND OTHER FORMS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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COLECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A SEGMENT OF THE COLON
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COLITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE COLON; IF CHRONIC BLEEDING OF THE COLON WALL PRODUCES BLOODY DIARRHIA THE CONDITON IS CALLED ULCERATIVE COLITIS
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COLORECTAL CANCER
CANCER OF THE COLON AND THE RECTUM OFTEN ARISES AS A POLYUP BECOMES AN AGGRESSIVE METASTIC TUMOR
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COLOSTOMY
SURGICAL CREATION OF AN OPENING IN THE COLON TO SERVE AS AN ARTIFICIAL ANUS
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CROHN'S DISEASE
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF ANY PART OF THE GI TRACT THAT INVOLVES ULCERATIONS, SCAR TISSUE FORMATION, AND THICKENING ADHESIONS OF THE ORGANWALL, ALSO KNOWN AS REGIONAL ILEITIS
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DIVERTICULOSIS
PRESENCE OF SMALL POUCHES CALLED DIVERTICULA ON THE WALL OF THE COLON, OFTEN WITHOUT SYMPTOMS OR WITH MILD BOWEL DISCOMFORT
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DUODENAL ULCER
ULCER OR EROSION IN THE WALL OF THE DUODENUM OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
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DYSENTERY
ACUTE INFLAMMATION OF THE GI TRACT THAT IS CAUSED BY BACTERIA PROTOZOA OR CHEMICAL IRRITANTS
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DYSPEPSIA
COMMONLY CALLED INDEGESTION, IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY STOMACH OR ESOPHAGEAL PAIN OR DISCOMFORT
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DYSPHAGIA
DIFFICULT IN SWALLOWING
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ENTERITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE SMALL OR LARGE INTESTINE
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FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST
CLINICAL LAB TEST PERFORMED TO DETECT BLOOD FECES, "FOBT"
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FLATUS
PRECENCE OF GAS OR AIR IN THE GI TRACT
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GASTRECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PART OF THE STOMACH OR IN EXTREME CASES THE ENTIRE ORGAN
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GASTRECTASIS
ABNORMAL STRETCHING OF THE STOMACH
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GASTRIC CANCER
AGGRESSIVE METASTATIC CANCER ARISING FROM CELLS LINING THE STOMACH KNOWN AS STOMACH CANCER
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GASTRIC LAVAGE
CLEANSING PROCEDURE IN WHICH THE STOMACH IS IRRIGATED WITH A PRESCRIBED SOLUTION
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GASTRIC ULCER
ULCER OR EROSION IN THE WALL OF THE STOMACH
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GASTRITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH
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GASTRODYNIA
SYMPTOM OF STOMACH PAIN ALSO KNOWN AS GASTRALGIA
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GASTROENTERITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE
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GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
RECURRING REFLUX OF STOMACH CONTENTS INTO THE ESOPHAGUS IS A CONDITION THAT IS ABBREVIATED GERD
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GASTROMALACIA
SOFTENING OF THE STOMACH WALL
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GAVAGE
PROCESS OF FEEDING A PATIENT THROUGH A TUBE INSERTED INTO THE NOSE THAT EXTENDS THROUGH THE ESOPHAGUS TO ENTER THE STOMACH
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GIARDIASIS
INFECTION BY THE INTESTINAL PROTOZOA GIARDIA INTESTINLIS OR GIARDIA LAMBLIA PRODUCES SYMPTOMS OF DIARRHEA, CRAMPS NAUSEA AND VOMITING
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GI SERIES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES THAT PROVIDE RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE GI TRACT USUALLY BY MEANS OF BARIUM SWALLOW BARIUM SHAKE OR BARIUM MEAL
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GINGIVECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF DISEASED TISSUE IN THE GUMS OR GINGIVA
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GLOSSITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE TONGUE OFTEN CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO ALLERGENS TOXINS EXTREME HEAT OR COLD
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GLOSSORRHAPHY
REPAIR OF THE TONGUE
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HEMATEMESIS
VOMITING BLOOD A SIGN OF A SEVERE DIGESTIVE DISORDER
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HEMMORRHOIDECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF HEMORHOIDS
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HEPATITIS
VIRAL INDUCED INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER THE FIVE KNOWN FORMS ARE CATEGORIZED WITH LETTERS A-E
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HEPATOMA
TUMOR ARISING FROM CELLS WITHIN THE LIVER ALSO CALLED HEPATOCELLUAR CARCINOMA OR HCC
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HEPATOMEGALY
ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER
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HIATAL HERNIA
PROTRUSION OF THE CARDIAC PORTION OF THE STOMACH THROUGH THE HIATUS OF THE DIAPHRAM TO ENTER THE THORATIC CAVITY
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ILEOSTOMY
SURGICAL CREATION OF AN OPENING THROUGH THE ABDOMINAL WALL AND INTO THE ILEUM OF THE SMALL INTESTINE TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATIVE ANUS FOR THE PASSAGE OF FECES
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INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
GENERAL TERM THAT INCLUDES THE CONDITONS ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN'S DISEASE ABBREVIATED "IBD"
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