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gastr meaning stomach or belly
enter meaning intestine
itis meaning inflammation
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The word root gastr in gastroenteritis is defined as?
The root gastr (and gastro) means stomach.
What prefix rootwood and suffix of gastroenteritis?
gastr = root enter = root itis = suffix
Which combining form requires a combining vowel in gastroenteritis?
Gastr requires the o, however if enteritis was the root word (leave off itis) the root term of enter would need an o also.
What diseases does Western rhubarb root treat?
Constipation, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, gastroenteritis, skin eruptions caused by problems in elimination.
Is gastroenteritis a virus or a bacteria?
gastroenteritis is a virus
What is the result of laboratory test to gastroenteritis?
what is the lab result that found in gastroenteritis
What are the medical management of acute gastroenteritis?
what are medical management to the patient with acute gastroenteritis
What are the types of gastroenteritis?
There are two main types of gastroenteritis: viral gastroenteritis, which is often caused by viruses like norovirus or rotavirus, and bacterial gastroenteritis, which can be caused by bacteria such as Salmonella or E. coli. Both types can lead to symptoms like diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and stomach pain.
How else is gastroenteritis known?
Gastroenteritis often is referred to as the stomach flu even though the flu is a respiratory illness caused by an influenza virus. Other common names for viral gastroenteritis include: food poisoning, winter-vomiting disease, non-bacterial gastroenteritis
What is the basis of how medical root words are positioned in a term for instance why is the term gastroenteritis used and not entroogastritis?
This is because while combining two medical root words one should keep in mind the anatomical arrangement of those root words. Whichever organ comes first anatomically, should be used first. In the above case the gastro i.e. the stomach comes before entero i.e. intestine so only the work gastroenteritis is valid.
Is gastroenteritis contagious?
YES
What is the code for gastroenteritis?
558.9
