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  • Gelatin

    A product formed from skin, white connective tissue, or bone collagen. It is used as a protein food adjuvant, plasma substitute, hemostatic, suspending agent in pharmaceutical preparations, and in the manufacturing of capsules and suppositories. A jellylike material obtained from boiling animal skin, ligaments, and bones. A protein found in collagen which is soluble in…

  • Gastroscopy

    Endoscopic examination, therapy, or surgery of the interior of the stomach. Visual examination of the stomach using a gastroscope. Visual examination of the stomach (esp. the upper part) by means of a flexible fiberoptic instrument (gastroscope) inserted through the esophagus; photographs may be taken and specimens removed for analysis. Visualization of the esophagus, stomach, and…

  • Gastrointestinal tract

    The digestive pathway, including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Flexible muscular tube from the mouth, through the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum to the anus. Stomach and intestines; sometimes used more broadly to include the entire digestive tube from the mouth to the anus. The passage along which the…

  • Gastrointestinal

    Refers to the stomach and intestines. Pertaining to the stomach and intestines. Pertaining to both the stomach and the intestines.    

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

    Flow of the stomach’s contents back up into the esophagus. Happens when the muscle between the esophagus and the stomach (the lower esophageal sphincter) is weak or relaxes when it shouldn’t. May cause esophagitis. Also called esophageal reflux or reflux esophagitis. Gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD, is a condition in which acidic gastric…

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux

    Reflux of gastric juice and/or duodenal contents (bile acids, pancreatic juice) into the distal esophagus, commonly due to incompetence of the lower esophageal sphincter. Gastric regurgitation is an extension of this process with entry of fluid into the pharynx or mouth. The involuntary regurgitation of stomach contents or surface acids into the throat, with heartburn;…

  • Gastroenterology

    A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the physiology and diseases of the digestive system and related structures (esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas). The medical specialty concerned with the health and disease of the stomach and intestines. The study of the digestive system and its disorders. Medical specialty concerned with the study…

  • Gastrin

    A hormone released after eating. Gastrin causes the stomach to produce more acid. Polypeptide hormone secreted by the stomach in response to food, which stimulates gastric and pancreatic secretion. A hormone which is released into the bloodstream from cells in the lower end of the stomach, stimulated by the presence of protein, and which in…

  • Gas exchange

    Primary function of the lungs; transfer of oxygen from inhaled air into the blood and of carbon dioxide from the blood into the lungs. The exchange of waste carbon dioxide in the blood for fresh oxygen: it takes place in the alveoli of the lungs. The process by which oxygen in the air is exchanged…

  • Gas

    Air that comes from normal breakdown of food. The gases are passed out of the body through the rectum (flatus) or the mouth (burp). A substance such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide or air, which is neither solid nor fluid at ordinary temperatures and can expand infinitely. Gas which accumulates in the stomach or alimentary canal…

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