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Healthcare Vocabulary 7-Miscellaneous & Digestive System Vocabulary
Miscellaneous and Digestive System Related Vocabulary
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| Acute | developing rapidly with pronounced symptoms and lasting a short time; rapid onset, short term |
| Cannula | a plastic or metal tube |
| Chronic | continuing over a long period of time or recurring frequently, chronic conditions begin insidiously, and symptoms are not as noticeable as in acute conditions; long, drawn out, long term |
| Defecation | passing feces from the body; passing of stool |
| Dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
| Emesis | vomiting |
| Feces | waste products in the bowel; same as stool or BM |
| Flatus | gas in the bowel |
| Halitosis | bad breath |
| Hyperglycemia | high blood sugar |
| Hypogylcemia | low blood sugar |
| Peristalsis | wavelike movements of the digestive tract that move food through the intestinal tract |
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