Definitions

Question 1

Dysgeusia

Answer 1

an altered or impaired sense of taste (cancer)

Question 2

Xerostomia

Answer 2

Dryness of the mouth (cancer)

Question 3

Asthenia

Answer 3

Physical and mental fatigue, not relieved by rest or sleep (cancer)

Question 4

Cachexia

Answer 4

State of ill health, malnutrition and wasting (cancer)

Question 5

Sulfasalazine

Answer 5

Medication used in IBD to treat symptoms such as diarrhoea, inflammation, stomach pain

Question 6

Anastomosis

Answer 6

the surgical connection of 2 parts of the intestine completed after a resection (IBD)

Question 7

Asthenia

Answer 7

physical and mental fatigue, not relieved by sleep or rest (cancer)

Question 8

Cachexia

Answer 8

a state of ill health, malnutrition and wasting (cancer)

Question 9

Colectomy

Answer 9

surgical removal of all or part of the colon (IBD, cancer)

Question 10

Colonoscopy

Answer 10

medical procedure to examine the large bowel (IBD, cancer)

Question 11

Colostomy

Answer 11

a surgical procedure to bring part of the large intestine (colon) to the surface of the body to form a stoma (artifical opening)

Question 12

Dysarthria

Answer 12

speech disorder causing slow or slurred speech (stroke)

Question 13

Dysphagia

Answer 13

swallowing disorder/difficulty in swallowing (stroke, cancer)

Question 14

Dysphasia

Answer 14

language disorder causing poor generation of speech (stroke)

Question 15

Embolism

Answer 15

blockage inside a blood vessel (stroke)

Question 16

Fistula

Answer 16

abnormal connection between two hollow spaces e.g. blood vessels or intestines caused by inflammation (IBD)

Question 17

Gastrostomy

Answer 17

creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach (enteral feeding e.g. in IBD)

Question 18

Methotrexate

Answer 18

anti-inflammatory drug used to treat IBD

Question 19

Mucositis

Answer 19

inflammation of a mucous membrane, frequently seen in the oral cavity (cancer)

Question 20

Neoplasm

Answer 20

abnormal growth of cells - a tumor (benign or malignant) (cancer)

Question 21

Neutropenia

Answer 21

abnormally low number of neutrophils in the blood (defence cells) (cancer)

Question 22

Odynophagia

Answer 22

pain upon swallowing (cancer)

Question 23

Oesophageal varices

Answer 23

abnormal and enlarged veins in the oesophagus that blocks normal blood flow to the liver (liver disease)

Question 24

Oseophagitis

Answer 24

inflammation of the oesoaphagus (cancer)

Question 25

Oliguria

Answer 25

low urine output (kidney disease)

Question 26

Omentectomy

Answer 26

removal of fatty tissue that encompasses the stomach and large intestine (cancer)

Question 27

Polydipsia

Answer 27

excessive thirst (diabetes)

Question 28

Polyuria

Answer 28

excessive and frequent urination (diabetes)

Question 29

Tenesmus

Answer 29

persistent desire to empty but ineffectual and painful straining at stool or in urination (cancer)

Question 30

Trismus

Answer 30

difficulty in opening the mouth (cancer)

Question 31

Stricture

Answer 31

an abnormal narrowing of a body passage (IBD)

Question 32

Sarcopenia

Answer 32

loss of muscle mass and strength