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MED109 WEEK 1
Artasia Clark
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07/08/2025
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Term
GASTRO-
 Definition
STOMACH
Term
HEPAT-
 Definition
LIVER
Term
COLON-
 Definition
LARGE INTESTINE
Term
ENTER-
 Definition
INTESTINE
Term
RECT-
 Definition
RECTUM
Term
ESOPHAG-
 Definition
ESOPHAGUS
Term
NEPHR-
 Definition
KIDNEY
Term
REN-
 Definition
KIDNEY
Term
CYST-
 Definition
BLADDER, CYST
Term
URETHR-
 Definition
URETHRA
Term
URETER-
 Definition
URETER
Term
DYS-
 Definition
DIFFICULT
Term
HYDR-
 Definition
WATER
Term
PYEL-
 Definition
RENAL PELVIS
Term
-AC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-AL
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-CELE
 Definition
HERNIA, PROTRUSION
Term
-CENTESIS
 Definition
SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO ASPIRATE FLUID
Term
-OMA
 Definition
TUMOR, SWELLING
Term
-MEGALY
 Definition
ENLARGED, ENLARGEMENT
Term
-LITH
 Definition
STONE
Term
-ITIS
 Definition
INFLAMMATION
Term
-IASIS
 Definition
CONDITION
Term
-ESIS
 Definition
CONDITION
Term
-EMIA
 Definition
IN THE BLOOD
Term
-ARY
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-TRIPSY
 Definition
SURGICAL CRUSHING
Term
-TOMY
 Definition
CUT INTO, INCISION
Term
-STOMY
 Definition
CREATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL OPENING
Term
-SCOPY
 Definition
VISUAL EXAMINATION
Term
-RRHEA
 Definition
FLOW, DISCHARGE
Term
-RRHAPHY
 Definition
SUTURING, REPAIRING
Term
-RRHAGE
 Definition
EXCESSIVE BLEEDING
Term
-RRHAGIA
 Definition
EXCESSIVE BLEEDING
Term
-PTOSIS
 Definition
DROOPING, SAGGING, PROLAPSE
Term
-PLASTY
 Definition
SURGICAL REPAIR
Term
-PHAGIA
 Definition
EATING, SWALLOWING
Term
-PEPSIA
 Definition
DISGESTION
Term
-LYSIS
 Definition
LOOSENING, DISSOLUTION, SEPARATING
Term
-GRAPHY
 Definition
RECORDING, READIOGRAPHIC IMAGING
Term
-GRAPH
 Definition
INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD
Term
-GRAM
 Definition
TO RECORD
Term
-EMESIS
 Definition
VOMITING
Term
-ECTASIA
 Definition
DIALTION, WIDENING
Term
-ECTASIS
 Definition
DIALATION, WIDENING
Term
-ECTOMY
 Definition
EXCISION
Term
-EAL
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-IA
 Definition
CONDITION OF, DISEASED STATE, ABNORMAL STATE
Term
-LOGIST
 Definition
SPECIALIST, PHYSICIAN WHO STUDIES AND TREATS
Term
-LOGY
 Definition
STUDY OF
Term
ANTR/O
 Definition
ANTRUM
Term
APPEND/O
 Definition
APPENDIX
Term
APPENDIC/O
 Definition
APPENDIX
Term
CEC/O
 Definition
CECUM
Term
CELI/O
 Definition
ABDOMEN, ADOMINAL CAVITY
Term
CHEIL/O
 Definition
LIP
Term
CHOLANGI/O
 Definition
BILE DUCT
Term
CHOL/E
 Definition
GALL, BILE
Term
CHOLEDOCH/O
 Definition
COMMON BILE DUCT
Term
COL/O
 Definition
COLON
Term
DIVERTICUL/O
 Definition
DIVERTICULUM
Term
DUODEN/O
 Definition
DUODENUM, FIRST PART OF SMALL INTESTINE
Term
GINGIV/O
 Definition
GUM
Term
GLOSS/O
 Definition
TONGUE
Term
HERNI/O
 Definition
HERNIA, PROTRUSTION OF A ORGAN THROUGH A MEMBRANE OR CAVITY WALL
Term
ILE/O
 Definition
ILEUM, THRID PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
Term
LAPAR/O
 Definition
ABDOMEN, ADOMINAL CAVITY
Term
LINGU/O
 Definition
TONGUE
Term
OR/O
 Definition
MOUTH
Term
PALAT/O
 Definition
PALATE
Term
PANCREAT/O
 Definition
PANCREAS
Term
POLYP/O
 Definition
SMALL GROWTH
Term
PROCT/O
 Definition
RECTUM
Term
SIAL/O
 Definition
SALIVA, SALIVARY GLAND
Term
SIGMOID/O
 Definition
SIGMOID COLON
Term
STEAT/O
 Definition
FAT
Term
STOMAT/O
 Definition
MOUTH
Term
UVUL/O
 Definition
UVULA
Term
AZOT/O
 Definition
UREA, NITROGEN
Term
BLAST/O
 Definition
DEVELOPING CELL, GERM CELL
Term
GLYC/O
 Definition
SUGAR
Term
GLYCOS/O
 Definition
SUGAR
Term
MEAT/O
 Definition
MEATUS
Term
NOCT/I
 Definition
NIGHT
Term
OLIG/O
 Definition
FEW, SCANTY
Term
PY/O
 Definition
PUS
Term
UR/O
 Definition
URINE, URINARY TRACT
Term
VESIC/O
 Definition
BLADDER, SAC
Term
GLOMERUL/O
 Definition
GLOMERULUS, SMALL BLOOD VESSELS
Term
CALIC/O
 Definition
CALYX, KIDNEY COMPARTMENTS
Term
ALBUMIN/O
 Definition
ALBUMIN, PROTIEN PRODUCED BY THE LIVER
Term
DENT/O, ODONT/O
 Definition
TEETH, TOOTH
Term
JEJUN/O
 Definition
JEJUNUM, SECOND PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
Term
PHAG/O
 Definition
PHAGIA, TO SWALLOW
Term
PERITONE/O
 Definition
PERITONEUM
Term
ABDOMIN/O
 Definition
ABDOMEN, ABDOMINAL
Term
XER/O
 Definition
DRYNESS
Term
PYLOR/O
 Definition
PYLORUS, PYLORIC, PYLORIC SPHINCTER
Term
DERM/O
 Definition
SKIN
Term
NEUR/O
 Definition
NERVE
Term
(APR)
 Definition
ADOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION
Term
(BE)
 Definition
BARIUM ENEMA
Term
(EGD)
 Definition
ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY
Term
(GI)
 Definition
GASTROINTESTINAL
Term
(D&V)
 Definition
DIARRHEA AND VOMITING
Term
(DU)
 Definition
DUODENAL ULCER
Term
(IBD)
 Definition
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISESASE
Term
(SIBO)
 Definition
SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH
Term
(ARF)
 Definition
ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
Term
(BUN)
 Definition
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
Term
(CKD)
 Definition
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Term
(ESRD)
 Definition
END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE
Term
(UTI)
 Definition
URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Term
(KUB)
 Definition
X-RAY OF THE KIDNEY, URETER AND BLADDER
Term
(UA)
 Definition
URINALYSIS
Term
(PPP)
 Definition
2 HOUR POSTPRANDIAL URINE SPECIMEN
Term
(CCMS)
 Definition
CLEAN-CATCH MIDSTREAM URINE
Term
(RBC)
 Definition
RED BLOOD CELL
Term
(WBC)
 Definition
WHITE BLOOD CELL
Term
(PC)
 Definition
AFTER MEALS
Term
(NPO)
 Definition
NOTHING BY MOUTH
Term
(NG),(N/G)
 Definition
NASOGASTRIC TUBE PASSED INTO NOSE INTO STOMACH TO EMPTY STOMACH CONTENTS
Term
(FBS)
 Definition
FAST BLOOD SUGAR, BLOOD TEST FOR DIABETICS
Term
(BS)
 Definition
BLOOD SUGAR, GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD
Term
(HBZ)
 Definition
HEPITITIS B VIRUS, INFECTION OF LIVER PASSED BY BLOOD, OR CERTAIN SECRETIONS
Term
CRYPTS OF LIEBERKUHN
 Definition

SMALL, TUBE LIKE INVAGINATIONS OF THE INTESTINAL LINING 

(MUCOSA)
Term
HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE
 Definition
A BIRTH DEFECT WHERE NERVE CELLS ARE MISSING FROM PARTS OF THE INTESTINES, COMMONLY RECTUM AND COLON PEVENTING NORMAL BOWEL MOVEMENTS
Term
MECKEL DIVERTICULUM
 Definition
CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT, A SMALL SAC IN THE SMALL INTESTINE DURING FETAL DEVELOPEMENT
Term
ZOLLINGER-ELLISION SYNDROME
 Definition
DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY TUMORS CALLED GASTRINOMAS. CAUSES THE STOMACH TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF ACID
Term
BOERHAAVE SYNDROME
 Definition
ESOPHAGUS TEARS DUE TO SUDDEN INCREASE IN PRESSURE  WITHIN THE ESOPHAGUS, OFTERN DURING FORCEFUL VOMITING
Term
MALLORY-WEISS TEAR
 Definition
A TEAR IN THE LINING OF THE ESOPHAGUS, WHERE IS CONNECTS TO THE STOMACH CAUSED BY FORCEFUL VOMITTING, RETCHING OR COUGHING
Term
ZENKER DIVERTICULUM
 Definition
A POUCH THAT FORMS IN THE UPPER ESOPHAGUS DUE TO WEAKNESS IN THE MUSCLE WALL
Term
HUNNERS ULCER
 Definition
ULCER THAT OCCURS IN THE BLADDER WALL
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