What does choledocholithias mean??

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i'm in the middle trying to get ready for my a&p2 and medical terminology finals. i was wondering if anyone knew what the word choledocholithias means?? i can't find it the chapter its suppose to be in, i've also looked in the back in the index and glossary and had no luck. plus i've looked online and nothing for certain. any help would be really appreciated!!:confused:

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Gallstones in the bile ducts.

Lori

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

I think you mean, cholelithiasis:

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic97.htm

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

Sorry, you are correct, Lori62. Common bile duct stones.

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic350.htm

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Not a probelm...

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Thank you Lori62 I appreciate it. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!!

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

The term is spelled wrong. It is choledocholithiasis. It is the "condition" of stones in the gallbladder and common bile duct. These are stones that emerge from the gallbladder and get stuck in the biliary ducts.

The breakdown of the combining forms and suffix is this:

chole
- bile

docho
- receptacle

lith
- stone, calculus

iasis
- condition, or pathological state

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Hi Daytonite,

What exactly is telemetry? Never heard of it.

Myleena

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
Hi Daytonite,

What exactly is telemetry? Never heard of it.

Myleena

Telemetry is the electronic transmission of data to a remote location. In the hospital, patients are hooked up to electrodes that sense the electrical activity of their heart and this information is sent to a transmitter that sends it on to a receiver that captures and records it. The people monitoring the telemetry see it as EKG patterns on TV monitors which they are constantly watching for arrhythmias. With telemetry, patients carry a small box (the transmitter) around with them so they can get up, walk around, and engage in activity while the telemetry is constantly transmitting the electrical activity of their heart to a remote EKG monitor that someone is watching.

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i just had my gall bladder out on monday because it was infected and full of stones. can you say owie!!!!!!!!!!????????!!!!!!!

i'll never forget choledocholithiasis!!!

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