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