alcohol

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a charity

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an organization which collect or raises money in order to help people in need

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figure

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an amount expressed as a number, especially for official purposes, such as statistics

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drowning

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death from suffocation by immersion in water

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alcohol abuse

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excessive consumption of alcohol

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binge drinker

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someone who drinks heavily over a short period of time

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involved in

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implicated in

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domestic abuse

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cruel and violent treatment inflicted on members of one’s family

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the stomach

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bag-like organ where food is digested before it moves into the intestines

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the bowel

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= the intestine, the gut

the digestive tube extending from the stomach to the anus, comprising the small intestine and the large intestine

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the liver

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large organ in the upper abdomen which secretes bile and cleans the blood

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feel sick

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to feel nauseous

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single

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only one

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damage

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physical or mental harm

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scar tissue

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the fibrous tissue replacing normal tissues destroyed by injury or disease

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a scar

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une cicatrice

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cirrhosis

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end-stage liver disease characterized by the replacement of healthy cells with scar tissue

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blood flow

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the rate at which blood circulates through the body

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bloodstream

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circulation sanguine

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bypass

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to use an alternative route to go round an obstruction

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the heart

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the muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood around the body

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consumption

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the using up of food, energy, ressources

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warning

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caution against danger

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low

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≠ high

below the usual, normal or average level, amount or intensity

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arrhythmia

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any deviation from the normal sinus rhythm of the heart

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the pancreas

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a large, elongated gland behind the stomach where insulin and digestive enzymes are secreted

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the bones

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the components of the skelton made of hard connective tissue

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prone to

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having a natural tendency to be affected by something

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the breast

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either of the two mammary glands in women which produce milk

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fatty tissue

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adipose tissue

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the womb

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the hollow muscular organ where the foetus develops in a normal pregnancy

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birth defect

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an imperfection, malformation, dysfunction occurring during gestation