APPARATUS DIGESTORIUS

Clinical terms

PALATOSCHISIS

A congenital fissure in the median line of the palate

Cleft palate / palatum fissum

Etym. Gr. palat- = palate -scisis = fissure

STENOSIS PYLORI

Narrowing of the pylorus

ICTERUS

Jaundice

a yellowish pigmentation of the skin, the conjunctival membranes over the sclerae (whites of the eyes), and other mucous membranes caused by high blood bilirubin levels, usually in liver disease

Etym. Gr. ikteros= yellow

GASTROJEJUNOSTOMIA

Surgical creation of an anastomosis between the stomach and the jejunum

Etym. Gr. Gastr- = stomachjejun-= jejunum-stomia= surgical creation of an opening or

anastomosis

CHOLECYSTITIS

Inflammation of the gallbladder

Etym. Gr. chole- = bilecyst- = bladder-itis = inflammation

HERPES LABIALIS

Cold sores

Etym. Gr. Haem- = bloodangi- = vessel-oma = tumour