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1
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Steatorrhea

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Greasy feces

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Ablate

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Separate or attach

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Diabetes

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Passing thru urine

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Ballistics

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Study of projectiles

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Dynamogenesis

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Dev of E in muscles or nerves

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Physocele

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Tumor of gas

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Phlogistic

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Burn; causing inflammation

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Cholagogue

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Stimulating flow of bile

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Receptor

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Cell or nerve ending that responds to sensations

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Ergonomics

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Study of efficient use of human efforts. Work

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Vermifuge

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Dewormer

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Neutrophilia

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Increasing WBCs

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Sphyngmomanometer

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Blood pressure meter

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Protraction

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Drawing out of lengthening

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Avulsion

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Ripping or tearing apart

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Gastrorrhaphy

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Suturing operation on stomach

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Cathartic

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Causing emptying of bowels

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Hypodermoclysis

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Injecting fluids under skin

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Dessicant

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Dry up

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20
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Arthrodesis

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Surgical fusion of joint

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21
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Angiotribe

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Surgical forceps for crushing arteries

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Bruxism

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Involuntary gnashing of teeth

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Osteoclasis

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Surgical breaking of bone

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Decussate

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Cross form side to another

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Dehiscence

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Splitting open

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal dev

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Hysterectomy

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Removal of uterus

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Abortifacient

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Causing abortion

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Colostomy

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Opening colon

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30
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Pathogenesis

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Producing sickness

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Pinocytosis

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Taking fluids into cells cytoplasm

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Plessesthesia

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Thumping fingers while palpating

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33
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Potable

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Fit to drink

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Apraxia

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Incoordination without impairment of sensory or motor

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35
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Lithotripsy

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Causing urinary or gall stone

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36
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Abscessus

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Drawing off

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Brychein

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Gnashing teeth

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Catharo

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Cleaning

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Incipient

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Beginning to appear

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40
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Clysis

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Irrigation

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Dia

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Passing through

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42
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dehiscere

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To gape

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43
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Desicco

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To dry

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44
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Desis

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Surgical fixation or fusion

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45
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Thyroidectomy

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Remove thyroid

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46
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Facient

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To cause

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47
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Homogenesis

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Offspring resemble parent

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48
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Hexis

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Habit

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Hormaein

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Set in motion

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50
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Organon

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Implement

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51
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Hemophilia

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Male inherited clotting deficiencies

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52
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Phlegmon

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Acute inflammation beneath skin

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53
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Phys

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Blow inflate

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54
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Plasein

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To shape

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55
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Anaplasia

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Reversion to immature form

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56
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Aplasia

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Failure to dev

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57
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Plessimeter

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Thin plate to receive blow from plexor for percussion

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Potabilis

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Drinking

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Praxia

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Action

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Convulsion

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Intense contraction

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Logoplegia

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Paralysis of speech

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62
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Megalomania

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Unreasonable conviction of one’s greatness

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Kleptomania

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Desire to steal

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Anamnesis

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Patients memory of medical history

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Paranoia

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Delusions of persecution

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66
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Aphonia

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No voice

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67
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Anesthesia

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No feeing

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excoriae

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To flay

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69
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Palliative

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Affording relief but not a cure. Sooth

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70
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Placebo

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To please

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71
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Dysthymia

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Depression

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Anthropology

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Study of origin of humans

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Atavism

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Acquiring a genetic trait from remote ancestor. Grandfather

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Epidemic

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Rapidly spreading disease in same area and same time

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75
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Genos

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Family offspring

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76
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Parenthenogenesis

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Virgin born

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77
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Phylon

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Tribe

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Presbyopia

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Aging change in eye accommodation. Far sighted

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Puer

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Child

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80
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Allokinesis

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Involuntary movement

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81
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Allotaxis

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Dev of organ from tissues of diff organ

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82
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Idiosyncracy

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Struc or behavior peculiar to individual

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83
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Hypnosis

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Sleep like with heightened suggestibility

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Karotis

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Carotid

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Neck artery that compressed means loss of consciousness

86
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Soporific

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Causing profound sleep

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Stupere

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Narcosis

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Reversible depression or insensitivity

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Hypnotic

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Inducing sleep

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Comatose

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Unconsciousness when can’t be aroused

91
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Genodermatosis

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Genetic origin skin disease

92
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Anthropomorphism

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Attributing human form to non humans

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Androgen

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Promotes masculinity

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Puerperal

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Mother of a newborn

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Phylum

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Animal kingdom

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Excoriation

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Scratches or abrasions of skin

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Allograft

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Transplant with same species but diff genetic makeup

98
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Autogenous

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Originating from same individual that receives it (tissue graft)

99
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Ideopathic

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Illness of unknown cause

100
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Proprioception

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Sending stimuli ( from own body)

101
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Hyperesthesia

A

Abnormal increase sensitivity

102
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Stupor

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Somnolence

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Excessive drowsiness

104
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Neuralgia

A

Pain from nerve fibers

105
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Angina

A

Spasmodic pain

106
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Acetabulum

A

Wine glass socket of hip joint

107
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Amyloid

A

Protein combined with starch

108
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Caseous

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Dying tissue looks like cheese

109
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Farinaceous

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Consisting of starch

110
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Lecithin

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Nutrient from egg yolk

111
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Placental

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L flat mem that nourish young in uterus

112
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Siderocyte

A

RBC containing iron

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Synovial

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Egg white surface if joints

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Dolorimetry

A

Measurement of pain

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Nociceptor

A

Pain receptor of nerves

116
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Pimelorthopnea

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Too fat to breathe laying down

117
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Ponograph

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Instrument to measure pain in contracting muscle

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Amygdaloid

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Almond shaped nerve cells

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Acetaminophen

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Pain reliever contains acetyl group

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Nutritious

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Providing e and building substances for body

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty eating

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Sebum

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Solidified fat

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Seborrhea

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Skin disease of excessive oiliness

124
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Steatitis

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Inflammation of fat

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Synovia

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Synovitis

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Inflammation of synovial mem

127
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Analgesia

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Blocking pain perception w/o altering consciousness

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Proctalgia

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Pain from anus or rectum

129
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Angere

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Sore throat

130
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Kolikes

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Pain in abdomen

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Pleurodynia

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Pain from muscles between ribs

132
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Chylothorax

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Accumulation of chyle (lymph ste fluid in chest),

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Hidrosis

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Myxedema

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Swelling by slimy accumulation

135
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Serum

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Fluid of blood after clot forms

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Sanguineous

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Loss of blood

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Stercorous

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Sudoriferous

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Producing sweat

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Cholecystagogue

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Agent that causes gallbladder contraction

140
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Hygroma

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Cystic swelling containing watery fluid

141
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Sputum

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Chylo

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Chylomicron

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Fat globule transported in blood

144
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Feces

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Fecal

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Digestive waste

146
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Hygroscopic

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Retaining moisture

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Lymphocyte

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Primary cell in lymph. Watery circulating body fluid

148
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Mucosa

A

Mucous mem

149
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Myxomatosis

A

Rabbit disease. Slimy tumors

150
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Plasmin

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enzyme in plasma that digests clots

151
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Plasma

152
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Serosanguineous

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Fluid of serum and blood

153
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Sialocele

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Cyst containing saliva

154
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Sudor

155
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Symphysis

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Immovable joint united by plate of fibrocartage

156
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Centripetal

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Seeking center

157
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Coitus

A

Sexual connection between male and female

158
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Desmorrhexis

A

Rupture if a ligament

159
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Ligature

A

String. Rubber band. Wire. For surgical tying

160
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Hapten

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Fastens to a protein to trigger allergic reaction

161
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Heteroplexy

A

Fastening uterus to abdominal wall

162
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Sphincter

A

Tightly bound

163
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Varus knee

A

Bow legged

164
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Varus

A

Knock kneed

165
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Valgus

A

Bow legged

166
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Valgus knee

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Knock kneed

167
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Ampulla

A

Sac like dilation of a canal or toenails

168
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Ascites

A

Accumulation of excessive fluid in abdominal cavity

169
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Saccule

A

Small pouch or cavity

170
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Thecal

A

Sheath or a case (ovarian follicle)

171
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Enantiobiosis

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2 organisms that live together but antagonize each other’s dev

172
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Fissure

A

A deep cleft

173
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Schistocyte

A

Sliced RBC

174
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Xenodiagnosis

A

Use of lab ani to diagnose a parasitic disease

175
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Ampule

A

Small seeled glass of fluid for injection

176
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Capsulotomy

A

Cutting into a capsule

177
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Pyelography

A

Injection of a dye for X-ray exam of kidney calyces

178
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Sacculation

A

Act of forming small cavitites

179
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Vas deferens

A

Canal for semen going away from testes

180
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Concentric

A

Having a common center

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Hematocrit

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% of blood components separated by centrifugation

182
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Desmoid

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Fibrous like a ligament

183
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Schistosmiasis

A

Blood fluke parasite. Male has groove

184
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Schizophrenia

A

Split personality

185
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Xenograft

A

Transplant of tissue from 1 species to another

186
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Dysphagia

A

Difficulty swallowing

187
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Impetigo

A

Contagious spreading bacterial disease of skin usually in young

188
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Pellagra

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Roughened skin by deficiency of niacin

189
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Coloboma

A

Defect in dev of portion of iris

190
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Synscope

191
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Ischemia

A

Suppressed blood flow

192
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Anaphylaxis

A

Systemic reaction and shock due to excess immunity

193
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Irreducible

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Incapable of being replaced in normal position

194
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Pseudoarthrosis

A

False joint from faulty fracture healing

195
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Homologous

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Corresponding in struc location or origin

196
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Homeostasis

A

Same as normal

197
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Immunoassay

A

Test antibodies to detect

198
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Sympathomimetric

A

Causing similar effects to sympathetic nerves

199
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Mogiarthria

A

Difficult joint action

200
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Paliesthesia

A

Ability to feel vibrations

201
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Acerbus

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Impetere

203
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Ischein

204
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Koloboun

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Mutilation

205
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Cacos

206
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Heterophilic

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Antibody formation against related stimuli

207
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Homeopathy

A

Treat diseases with small amt of drug that would cause same symptoms of disease

208
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Palianesthesia

A

Inability to feel vibrations

Biomedical terminology (4 decks)

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