gastrointestinalgas‧tro‧in‧tes‧tin‧al /ˌɡæstrəʊɪnˈtestɪnəl $ -troʊ-/ adjective medical 
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Collocations- Diarrhea, due to gastrointestinal disorders, infections, and even laxative abuse, may lead to substantial potassium losses.
- It is also found in the gastrointestinal track of man.
- No subject, however, complained of nausea or any other gastrointestinal tract symptoms at any time during the submaximal plateau.
- The effects of serotonin on gastrointestinal motor function are generally believed to be mediated through myenteric plexus neurons.
- The remaining amount of uric acid is excreted in the biliary, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal secretions through the gastrointestinal tract.
- This usually implies upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, ultrasound examination, and investigation for enteric pathogens.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► disease
of or relating to the stomach and intestines· None was taking chronic medication or had a history of gastrointestinal disease, surgery, or diabetes mellitus.· None had symptoms or a history of gastrointestinal disease or surgery or had received antibiotics in the two months before the study.· Thirty four of 53 patients who had no specific symptoms or signs of gastrointestinal disease had a lesion found on investigation.· Only two had both upper and lower gastrointestinal disease that might have contributed to the anaemia.
► endoscopy· An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy should be performed to exclude other abnormalities.· This usually implies upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, ultrasound examination, and investigation for enteric pathogens.· Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were macroscopically normal and mucosal biopsy specimens were obtained.· Each of the patients examined had been referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to investigate dyspeptic symptoms.· Mild and transient disseminated intravascular coagulopathy has been described, and transient bacteraemia occurs in 5-8% of patients during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.· Discussion During gastrointestinal endoscopy hypoxia is well recorded, with many different causal factors.· The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of supplemental oxygen both during and after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.· Subjects and methods All patients aged over 60 years having routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were eligible for entry into this study.
► motility· We attempted to visualise the two major physiological states of upper gastrointestinal motility.
► symptom· No other significant association between gastrointestinal symptoms and a specific organism was found.· None of the healthy volunteers were taking any drug and none reported major gastrointestinal symptoms.· More recently a series of anecdotal reports suggested that colonic neoplasia might be missed in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms or lesions.· Massive haematemesis or, less commonly, melaena, without previous gastrointestinal symptoms, is the typical presentation.· Overall severity of gastrointestinal symptoms influenced the final height centile as it had height velocity during the initial years of follow up.· The frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms was not consistently increased in patients harbouring specific infective agents compared with non-infected patients.· Therefore, we have investigated the presence and absence of different gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with and without intestinal infections.· Both the basal diet and the sulphate supplement were well tolerated by all the volunteers and no gastrointestinal symptoms were reported.
► tract· Drinking is a safeguard, but huge amounts of water may overwhelm the gastrointestinal tract, causing cramps, bloating, nausea.· It is well known the Crohn's disease is a diffuse lesion of the entire gastrointestinal tract.· The remaining amount of uric acid is excreted in the biliary, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal secretions through the gastrointestinal tract.· Twenty two had severe lifelong constipation and eight had symptoms suggesting a motility disorder exclusively of the upper gastrointestinal tract.· Iron deficiency anaemia is commonly caused by chronic blood loss from the gastrointestinal tract.· Changes in bowel habit may indicate disease of the gastrointestinal tract.· Systemic amyloidosis often affects the gastrointestinal tract and may result in this condition.