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• Stomach emptying study — Also called a gastric emptying study, this test evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a gastric emptying study, a patient eats a meal in which the solid food, liquid food or both are mixed with a small amount of radioactive… …   Medical dictionary

• Study, stomach emptying — Also called a gastric emptying study, this test evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a gastric emptying study, a patient eats a meal in which the solid food, liquid food or both are mixed with a small amount of radioactive… …   Medical dictionary

• stomach — n. & v. n. 1 a the internal organ in which the first part of digestion occurs, being in man a pear shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine. b any of several such organs in animals, esp. ruminants,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Stomach paralysis — Formally called gastroparesis, this is a medical condition in which the muscle of the stomach is paralyzed by a disease of either the stomach muscle itself or the nerves controlling the muscle. As a consequence, food and secretions do not empty… …   Medical dictionary

• Study, gastric emptying — A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a gastric emptying study, a patient eats a meal in which the solid food, liquid food or both are mixed with a small amount of radioactive material. A scanner (acting… …   Medical dictionary

• Gastric emptying study — A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a gastric emptying study, a patient eats a meal in which the solid food, liquid food or both are mixed with a small amount of radioactive material. A scanner (acting… …   Medical dictionary

• Paralysis, stomach — Formally called gastroparesis, this is a medical condition in which the muscle of the stomach is paralyzed by a disease of either the stomach muscle itself or the nerves controlling the muscle. As a consequence, food and secretions do not empty… …   Medical dictionary

• delayed gastric emptying — failure of the stomach to evacuate partially digested food into the duodenum within an appropriate time, as in gastric stasis or gastroparesis; symptoms include early satiety and sometimes nausea and vomiting …   Medical dictionary

• rapid gastric emptying — excessively rapid movement of partially digested food from the stomach into the jejunum; it occurs most often in patients who have had partial gastrectomy with gastrojejunostomy (see dumping syndrome, under syndrome). Called also gastric dumping …   Medical dictionary

• Gastroparesis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 K31.8 ICD 9 536.3 …   Wikipedia

• Gastrointestinal physiology — is a branch of human physiology addressing the physical function of the gastrointestinal (GI) system. The major processes occurring in the GI system are that of motility, secretion, regulation, digestion and circulation. The function and… …   Wikipedia