2. Digestive System Abbreviations ©Richard L. Goldman March 31, 2003 from: Delmar’s Comprehensive Medical Terminology

3. © Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 2 EGD ERCP ERS GB GBS GER GERD GI GI series GTT HAV HBV HCl HCV IBS IVC LES LFTs MRI N&V EsophagoGastroDuedenoscopy Endoscopic Retrograde CholanigioPancreatography Endoscopic Retrograde Sphincterectomy GallBladder GallBladder Series GastroEophageal Reflux GastroEophageal Reflux Disease GastroIntestinal GastroIntestinal series Glucose Tolerance Test Hepatitis A Virus Hepatitis B Virus HydroChloric acid Hepatitis C Virus Irritable Bowel Syndrome ItraVenous Cholangiography Lower Esophageal Sphincter Liver Function Tests Magnetic Resonance Imaging Nausea and Vomiting

4. © Richard L. Goldman Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology 3 NG NPO, n.p.o. OCG p.c. PP PPBS PPG PTC SBF SBS S & D SGOT SGPT TPN UGI series NasoGastric Nothing by mouth (Latin – nil per os) Oral CholecystoGram After meal (Latin – post cibum) PostPrandial (after a meal) PostPrandial Blood Sugar PostPrandial Glucose Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram Small Bowel Follow-through Small Bowel Series Stomach and Duodenum Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase (AST) Serum Gutamic Pyruvix Transaminase Total Parenteral Nutrition Upper GastroIntestinal series