Eating Disorders
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lack or loss of appetite for food
What is anorexia?
100
gallbladder
What is cholecyst/o?
100
prescence of stones
What is -lithiasis?
100
rumbling sound made from hunger
What is borborygmus?
100
inflammation of the gums
What is Gingivitis?
200
characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by compensatory behavior.
What is bulimia?
200
rumbling sound
What is borborygm/o?
200
digestion
What is -pepsia?
200
involuntary grinding or clenching of the teeth
What is bruxism?
200
hardening dental plaque on teeth
What is dental calculus?
300
lack of proper food or nutrients in the body
What is malnutrition?
300
bile, gall
What is chole/o/
300
abnormal enlargement
What is -megaly?
300
indigestion
What is dyspepsia?
300
also known as the throat
What is pharynx/
400
a condotion where fluid loss exceeds fluid intake
What is dehydration?
400
grind
What is brux/o?
400
vomiting
What is -emesis
400
Act of belching or raising gas orally from the stomach
What is eructation?
400
middle portion of small intestine
What is jejunum
500
persistant eating of nonutritional substances such as clay.
What is Pica?
500
esophagus
What is esophag/o?
500
eating, swallowing
What is -phagia?
500
vomiting blood
What is hematemesis?
500
also known as the gullet
What is esophagus?
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