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Digestive system
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Undergraduate 1
06/25/2008
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Term
AMYLASE
 Definition
AN ENZYME THAT BREAKS DOWN STARCH
Term
ANOSCOPE
 Definition
AN INSTRUMENT USED TO EXAMINE THE ANUS
Term
APPENDECTOMY
 Definition
SURGICAL EXICISION OF THE APPENDIX
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CHOLECYSTECTOMY
 Definition
SURGICAL EXCISIONS OF THE GALLBLADDER
Term
CHOLECYSTITIS
 Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE GALLBLADDER
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COLECTOMY
 Definition
SURGICAL EXCISION PART OF THE COLON
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COLONIC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO THE COLON
Term
COLONOSCOPY
 Definition
EXAMINATION OF UPPER PORTION OF THE COLON
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COLOSTOMY
 Definition
THE CREATION OF A NEW OPENING INTO THE COLON
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DYSPEPSIA
 Definition
DIFFICULTY IN DIGESTION INDIGESTION
Term
DYSPHAGIA
 Definition
DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING
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ENTERIC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO THE INTESTINE
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GASTROENTEROLOGY
 Definition
STUDY OF THE STOMACH AND THE INTESTINES
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GINGIVITIS
 Definition
INFLAMMATION THE GUMS
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HEMATEMESIS
 Definition
VOMITING OF BLOOD
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HEPATOMA
 Definition
A TUMOR OF THE LIVER
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HYPEREMESIS
 Definition
EXCESSIVE VOMITING
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LAPAROTOMY
 Definition
SURGICAL INCISION INTO THE ABDOMEN
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LINGUAL
 Definition
THE TONGUE
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MALABSORPTION
 Definition
THE PROCESS OF BAD OR INADEQUATE ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS FROM
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