| upper GI series |
X-ray examination of the upper digestive system, oesophagus, stomach and duodenum. The patient drink a barium solution and x-ray-pictures are taken wher the outline of these organs are seen. Upper endoscopy is nowadays used primarily, and x-ray-examination is done only under special circumstansies, for example if the patient cannot swallow the endoscope.
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| uptake |
It describes the entrance of a chemical into an organism - such as by breathing, swallowing, or absorbing it through the skin - without regard to its subsequent storage, metabolism, and excretion by that organism.
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| upper GI series |
X-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
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| uptake |
is acquisition of a substance from the environment by an organism as a result of any active or passive process.
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| upper GI series |
Method of radiographic visualization of stomach and upper small bowel by means of ingested radiopaque matter.
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