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Chapter 8 Flashcards

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an-

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lack of

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epi-

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above

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hypo-

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deficient, below

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peri-

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around

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dia-

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through

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dys-

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difficult

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hyper-

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excessive

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mal-

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bad

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post-

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after

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sub-

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below

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absorpt

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to suck in

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amyl

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starch

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catabol

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a casting down

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append

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appendix

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bil/i

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gall, bile

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celi

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abdomen, belly

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chol/e

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gall, bile

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aden

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gland

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anabol

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a building up

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cirrh

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orange-yellow

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appendic

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appendix

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bucc

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cheek

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cheil

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lip

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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col

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colon

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col/o

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colon

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colon

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colon

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colon/o

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colon

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cyst

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bladder

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dent

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tooth

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contipat

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to press together

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diverticul

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diverticula

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duoden

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duodenum

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enter

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intestine

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defecat

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to remove dregs

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esophage/o

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esophagus

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gastr

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stomach

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gingiv

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gums

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sweet, sugar

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hemat

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blood

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hepat

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liver

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hepat/o

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liver

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herni/o

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hernia

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ile

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ileum

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ile/o

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ileum

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labi

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lip

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lapar/o

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abdomen

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laxat

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to loosen

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lingu

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tongue

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lip/o

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fat

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log

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study of

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mes

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middle

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pancreat

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pancreas

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pept

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to digest

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pharyng/e

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pharynx

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prand/i

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meal

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eme

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to vomit

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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pylor

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pylorus, gatekeeper

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rect/o

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rectum

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sial

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saliva, salivary

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid

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splen/o

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spleen

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stomat

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mouth

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eructat

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a breaking out

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verm/i

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worm

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halit

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breath

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hemorrh

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vein liable to bleed

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alimentat

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nourishment

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masticat

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to chew

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paralyt

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to disable; paralysis

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pil/o

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hair

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nid

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nest

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volvul

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to roll

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odont

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tooth

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beofre meals

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ac

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BM

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bowel movement

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BS

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bowel sounds

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chol

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cholesterol

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gallbladder

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GB

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hepatitis A virus

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HAV

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NG

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nasogastric (tube)

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NPO, npo

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nothing by mouth

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after meals

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pc

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total parental nutrition

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TPN

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain, ache

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-ase

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enzyme

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-cele

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hernia

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-oid

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resemble

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-sis

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condition

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-ectomy

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surgical excision

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-emesis

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vomitting

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-form

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shape

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-genesis

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produce, formation

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-in

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chemical

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-ion

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process

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-ism

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condition

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-ist

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one who specializes

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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study of

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-lysis

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destruction, to separate

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-megaly

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enlargement, large

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-oma

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tumor

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-orexia

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appetitie

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-osis

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condition

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-rrhea

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flow

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-pepsia

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to digest

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-us

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pertaining to

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-phagia

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to eat, to swallow

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-scope

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instrument used to examine

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-scopy

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visual examination, to view, examine

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-stalsis

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contraction

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-stomy

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new opening

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-tomy

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incision

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-y

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pertaining to

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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enzyme that breaks down starch

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amylase

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Building up of the body substance in the constructive phase of metabolism

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anabolism

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lack of appetite

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anorexia

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surgical excision of the appendix

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appendectomy

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pertaining to bile and the gallbladder

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biliary

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pertaining to the abdomen

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celiac

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Difficulty in swallowing

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dysphagia

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Inflammation of the liver

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hepatitis

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Surgical repair of a hernia

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herniorrhaphy

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Pertaining to after meals

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postprandial (PP)

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Enlargement of the spleen

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splenomegaly

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An instrument used in a medical procedure to view the interior of the sigmoid colon

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sigmoidoscope

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cirrhosis

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chronic degenerative liver disease characterized by changes in the lobes

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constipation

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infrequent passage of unduly hard and dry feces

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diarrhea

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Frequent passage of unformed watery stools

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gavage

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To feed liquid or semiliquid food via a tube

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hemorrhoid

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Mass of dilated, tortuous veins in the anorectum

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hernia

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Abnormal protrusion

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hyperalimentation

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Intravenous infusion of a hypertonic solution to sustain life

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lavage

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To wash out a cavity

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pilonidal cyst

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Closed sac in the crease of the sacrococygeal region

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volvulus

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Twisting of the bowel on itself that causes an obstruction

Medical Terminology (10 decks)

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