| A | B |
|---|
| Anorexia | Lack or loss of appetite for food |
| Aphagia | Inability to swallow |
| Ascities | An accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity |
| Borborygmus | Rumbling noise caused by propulsion of gas through the intestines |
| Bulima | An emotional disorder characterized by binge eating and often terminating in self-induced vomiting |
| Cholecystitis | Inflammation of the gallbladder; sometimes caused by obstruction of the cystic duct with gallstones |
| Cholelithiasis | Formation of gallstones |
| Cirrhosis | A chronic liver disease marked by degeneration of liver cells with eventual resistance to blood flow through the organ |
| Colostomy | Surgical procedure in which an opening from the colon is created through the abdominal wall; the opening serves as a substitute anus |
| Diarrhea | Frequent passage of unformed watery feces |
| Diverticula | Pouchlike herniations through the muscluar wall of a tubular organ such as the colon |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty in swallowing because of inflammation, paralysis, or obstruction |
| Edentulous | Without teeth; term used after natural teech are lost |
| Emesis | Vomiting |
| Eructation | Belching or burping; the expulsion of gas through the mouth |
| Flatus | Gas in the stomach or intestines, which may result from gas released during the breakdown of foods, from swallowing air, or from drinking carbonated beverges |
| Gavage | Procedure in which liquid or semiliquid food is fed through a tube |
| Hematemesis | Blood in the vomit |
| Intussuception | Telescoping of one part of the intestine into the opening of an immediately adjacent part |
| Laparoscopy | Procedure in which the inside of the abdomen is viewed with a lighted instrument, or surgical procedure perfomred through the instrument |
| Pyrosis | Regurgiatation of stomach acid into the esophagus; heartburn |
| Volvulus | A twisting of the bowel on itself that causes an obstruction |
| Achlorhydria | Absence of hydrochloric acid in gastric secretions |
| Alimentation | Process of providing nutrients or nutrition for the body |
| Celiac disease | Condition in which the ingestion of gluten destroys the villi of the small intestine, resulting in a malabsorption of nutrients |
| Heat exhaustion | Condition characterized by fluid and electrolyte loss because of profuse perspiration, but body temperature remains normal; symptoms include muscle cramps, dizziness, vomiting, low blood pressure, and fainting; also called heat prostration |
| Hypervitaminosis | An excess of one or more vitamins, usually from the consumption of vitamin supplements; may be toxic and deadly |
| Hypothermia | Refers to body temperature of 35C (95F) or below |
| Jaundice | Yellow discoloration of the skin and other tissues caused by excessive bilirubin in the blood |
| Kwashiorkor | Condition in which protein intake is deficient despite normal or nearly normal calorie intake |
| Malabsorption syndrome | A group of disorders in which there is sibnormal absorption of dietary constituents and thus excessive loss of nonabsorbed substances in the bowel |
| Malnutrition | A state of poor nutrition |
| Marasmus | Condition in which there is a deficiency in both protein and calorie intake |
| Pica | Craving for substances not normally considered nutrients, such as dirt |
| Undernutrition | Inadequate food intake |
