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The Glossary is very useful
for the explanation of medical terminology.
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to view the corresponding section of the glossary:
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- Lactase Deficiency
- Lack of the lactase enzyme.
Causes lactose intolerance.
- Lactose Intolerance
- Being unable to digest lactose.
- Laparoscope
- Used to look inside the
body and see the surface of organs.
- Laparoscopy
- A test that uses a laparoscope
to look at and take tissue from the inside of the body.
- Laparotomy
- An operation that opens
up the abdomen.
- Large Intestine
- The part of the intestine
that goes from the cecum to the rectum. Also called colon.
- Lavage
- A cleaning of the stomach
and colon.
- Laxatives
- Medicines to relieve long-term
constipation.
- Levator Syndrome
- Feeling of fullness in the
anus and rectum with occasional pain. Caused by muscle
spasms.
- Ligaments
- Stretchy bands of cordlike
tissue that connect bone to bone.
- Lipid
- A term for fat.
- Lithotripsy, Extracorporeal
Shock Wave (ESWL)
- A method of breaking up
bile stones and gallstones. Uses a specialized tool and
shock waves.
- Liver
- The liver carries out many
important functions, such as making bile, changing food
into energy, and cleaning alcohol and poisons from the
blood.
- Lower Esophageal
Ring
- An abnormal ring of tissue
that may partially block the lower esophagus. Synonym:
Schatzki's ring.
- Lower GI Series
- X-rays of the rectum, colon,
and lower part of the small intestine, after giving barium
enema. Synonym: barium enema x-ray.
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- Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI)
- A test that takes pictures
of the soft tissues in the body.
- Malabsorption
Syndromes
- The small intestine cannot
absorb nutrients from foods.
- Mallory-Weiss Tear
- A tear in the lower end
of the esophagus. Caused by severe vomiting. Common in
alcoholics.
- Malnutrition
- A condition caused by not
eating enough food or not eating a balanced diet.
- Meckel's Diverticulum
- A birth defect in which
a small sac forms in the ileum.
- Megacolon
- A huge, swollen colon. Results
from severe constipation.
- Melena
- Blood in the stool.
- Metastasis
- the transfer of cels from
one part of an organ to another.
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- Microwaves
- Microwave therapy is a kind
of deep heat therapy. The electromagnetic waves pass between
electrodes placed on the patient's skin. This creates
heat that increases blood flow and relieves muscle and
joint pain
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- Morbidity
Rate
- The sickness rate.
- Mortality
Rate
- The death rate.
- Mucosal immunity
- resistance to infection
across the mucous membranes.
- Myalgia
- muscular pain
- Myenteric
- relating to the muscular
coat of the intestine
- Myocardial
Infarction
- Caused by obstruction of
circulation to a region of the heart. Synonym: Heart atack.
- Myositis
- inflammation of a muscle
- Myringotomy
- draining fluid from within
the eardrum with a needle
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