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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
04/29/2013

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Dysphagia
Definition
Difficulty Swallowing
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Achalasia
Definition
Failure of the smooth muscle walls of the oesophagus to relax
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Anorexia
Definition
Loss of Appetite
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Pica
Definition
Unnatural craving for strange foods
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Polyphagia
Definition
Excessive overeating
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Regurgitation
Definition
Less forceful casting up of undigested food
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Emesis
Definition
Expulsion of digested food
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Projectile Vomiting
Definition
Forceful ejection of gastric contents without warning
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Bilious Vomiting Syndrome
Definition
Early morning vomiting of bile on a empty stomach in a otherwise healthy animal
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Entertitis
Definition
Acute or Chronic inflammation of the intestinal mucosa
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Diarrhoea
Definition
Frequent or copious evacuation of loose faeces
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Melaena
Definition
Discharge of black and tar like faeces - caused by internal bleeding which has been digested
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Steatorrhoea
Definition
Undigested fat present in faeces
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Constipation
Definition
Failure to pass faeces
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Tenesmus
Definition
Ineffectual but repeated efforts to defecate
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Pyometra
Definition
Pus in the uterus
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Colitis
Definition
Inflammation of the colon
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Pancreatitis
Definition
Inflammation of the pancreas
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Epulis
Definition
Benign masses which occur in the gums
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Megaoesphagus
Definition
Abnormal enlargement of the oesophagus
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Myasthenia Gravis
Definition
Weakness of muscles
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Oesophageal stricture
Definition
Narrowing of the oesophagus commonly caused by an episode of oesophagitis
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Pylorospasm/Pyloric Stenosis
Definition
Narrowing of the Pylorus
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Gastric Dilatation Volvulus Syndrome
Definition
When the stomach fills with gas and swells causing discomfort or torsion
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Megacolon
Definition
The colon loses its contractibility and results in constipation
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Polyps
Definition
Benign superficial lesions of the lining of rectum or anus
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Anal Furunculosis
Definition
Skin around the anus becomes inflammed and results in discharging sinuses and local fibrosis
Term
Anal Sac Disease
Definition
Abscess or impaction of the anal gland causing blockage to the anal sac canal and infection
Term
Perineal Rupture
Definition
Loss of muscular support to the rectum and dilation or deviation of the rectum
Term
Hepatitis
Definition
Inflammation of the Liver
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Jaundice
Definition
Staining of the tissues die to accumulation of the bile pigment
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Cirrhosis
Definition
Fibrous tissue is produced in response to damage to the liver
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Portosystemic shunt
Definition
Connection between the portal vein and the caudal vena cava, therefore the blood does not reach the liver
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