Digestive System & Nutrition terms

A drug used to treat symptoms of cancer of the colon, breast, stomach, and pancreas.

A drug used to treat symptoms of cancer of the colon, breast, stomach, and pancreas.

A type of drug used to treat certain types of irritable bowel syndrome and relieve nausea and vomiting.

A hormone found in the brain, platelets, digestive tract, and pineal gland.

A type of drug used to treat certain types of irritable bowel syndrome and relieve nausea and vomiting.

An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat colorectal cancer.

The area of the body that contains the pancreas, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and other organs.

Having to do with the abdomen, which is the part of the body between the chest and the hips that contains the pancreas, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and other organs.

Surgery to remove the anus, the rectum, and part of the sigmoid colon through an incision made in the abdomen.

Clusters of abnormal tube-like glands in the lining of the colon and rectum.

The process of taking nutrients from the digestive system into the blood so they can be used in the body.

A human monoclonal antibody that is being used to treat colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

A mixture of six herbs that has been used in China to prevent and treat diseases such as lung and esophageal cancers.

Clusters of abnormal tube-like glands in the lining of the colon and rectum.

A lack of hydrochloric acid in the digestive juices in the stomach.

A member of a family of viruses that can cause infections in the respiratory tract, eye, and gastrointestinal tract.

A substance being studied in the treatment of melanoma, liver cancer, and other types of cancer.

The combined organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and the upper part of the digestive tract (including the lips, mouth, tongue, nose, throat, vocal cords, and part of the esophagus and…

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of liver cancer.

A progressive, chronic disease in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue and blood is made in organs such as the liver and the spleen, instead of in the bone marrow.