EGD

Related terms

• esophagusThe muscular tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
• CTComputed tomography: computer-processed cross-sectional x-ray images.
• CXRChest x-ray.
• D&CDilation and curettage: a procedure that opens the cervix and scrapes the uterine lining.
• EEGElectroencephalogram: a recording of the brain's electrical activity.
• eMARElectronic medication administration record, the digital version of the MAR.
• EMGElectromyography: a test of the electrical activity of muscles.
• IDIntradermal: injected into the dermis, just under the epidermis, as in the tuberculin skin test.
• IMIntramuscular: given into a muscle.

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