friable |
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easily broken or pulverized |
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punctate |
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having pinpoint punctures or depressions on the surface |
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varices |
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tortuous dilation of a vein |
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stomat/o |
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mouth |
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cheil/o |
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lip |
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gingiv/o |
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gums |
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sial/os |
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saliva |
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enter/o |
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intestine |
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proct/o |
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anus, rectum |
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an/o |
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anus |
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cholangi/o |
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bile vessel |
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chol/e |
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bile |
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cholecyst/o |
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gall bladder |
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abnormal condition |
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-iasis |
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-orexia |
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appetite |
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digestion |
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-pepsia |
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meal |
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-parandial |
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ascites |
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accumulation of serous fluid in the abdomen |
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cachexia |
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general lack of nutrition |
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Crohn disease |
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chronic inflammation |
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colic |
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spasm of hollow organ accompanied by pain |
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deglutition |
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act of swollowing |
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dysentery |
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inflammation of the intestine; results in blood diarrhea |
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dyspepsia |
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epigastric discomfort felt after eating, indigestion |
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eructation |
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belching |
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fecalith |
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fecal concretion |
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flatus |
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gas |
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halitosis |
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bad breath |
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hematemesis |
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vomiting of blood |
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Irritable bowel syndrome |
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symptom complex marked by abdominal pain and altered bowel function |
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obstipation |
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severe constipation |
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melena |
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passage of dark colored stools |
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oral leukoplakia |
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formation of white spts or patches ont he mucous membrane of the tongue, lips, or cheek |
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steatorrhea |
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passage of fat in large amounts in the feces due to failure to digest and absorb it |
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