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Anaphylaxis

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Life threatening allergic reaction

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Localized collection of pus and other exudate

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Abscess

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Asthma

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Narrowing of bronchial airways

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Auscultation

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Process of listening to body sounds

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Blepharitis

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Inflammation of the eyelids

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Cauterization

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Removal or destruction of tissues using chemicals or devices

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Crohn’s disease

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Irritable bowel disease

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Curettage

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Removal of tissue from an area , by scraping

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Diphtheria

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Acute infection of the throat

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Dysentery

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Irritation of intestinal tract with loose stools

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Endometriosis

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Abnormal condition where urine wall tissue is found in pelvis

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Epistaxis

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Bleeding from the nose

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Erythropoietin

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Hormone release by the kidneys to promote blood cell production

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Gangrene

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Death of an area of skin

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Gynecologist

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Female problems

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Hematemesis

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Blood in vomit

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Hemoptysis

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Lung or brachial hemorrhage

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Hepatomegaly

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Enlarged liver

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Hypoglycemia

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Low glucose in blood

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Hypothalamus

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Serves as sensory relay station, pituitary hormones

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Intravenous

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Through a tube in the vein

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Ischemia

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Localized blood insufficiency caused by an obstruction

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Luteinizing hormone

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Essential to ovulation

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Malaise

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General feeling of illness

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Menstruation

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Cyclical release of uterine lining

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Nausea

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Sick feeling

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Neurorrhaphy

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Suturing a severed nerve

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Opportunist

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Infection because of lowered immune response

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Ophthalmologist

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Eye doctor

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Osteoporosis

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Degenerative thinning of bone

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Palpitation

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Uncomfortable pulsation a of the heart

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Pharynx

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Passageway at back of mouth

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Phimosis

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Abnormal opening of foreskin

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Pneumonia

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Acute infection of alveoli

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Polydipsia

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Excessive thirst

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Prostatitis

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Inflammation of the prostate

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Pruritis

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Itching

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Psychiatry

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Mental disorders

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Rheumatologist

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Physician with joints and musculoskeletal

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Sphygmomanometer

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Measures blood pressure

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Splenomegaly

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Enlarged spleen

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Syphilis

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Sexually transmitted infection

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Syringe

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Injection or withdraw of fluids

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Tinnitus

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Constant ringing or buzzing

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Tonsillectomy

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Removal of tonsils

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Analgesia

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A lessening of pain without loss of consciousness

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Anthroplasty

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Joint repair

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Cardiomyopathy

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Disease of the heart muscle

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Causalgia

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Burning pain

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Colpotomy

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Incision of vaginal wall

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Amylase

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Enzyme part of pancreatic juice that begins digestion

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Abruptio placentae

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Breaking away of placenta from uterine wall

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Analgesic

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Agent that relieves or eliminates pain

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androgen

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Any male hormone

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aneurysm

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Abnormal widening of the artery wall that bursts and releases blood

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Ankylosis

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Stiffening of a joint

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Anorchism

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Congenital absence of one or both testicles

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Anticonvulsant

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Agent that lessens or prevents convulsions

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Aphasia

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Loss of speech

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Arthroplasty

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Surgical repair of a joint

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Atrophy

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Wasting away of tissue organs, and cells

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Azotemia

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Access of urea and other wastes

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BUN

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Blood urea nitrogen

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Cerebrovascular accident

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Neurological incident caused by disruption in normal blood supply to brain

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Coronary artery

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Blood vessel that supplies blood to the heart

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Cyanosis

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Bluish discoloration

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Dysmenorrhea

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Painful mentruation

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty in swallowing

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Endarterectomy

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Surgical removal of the diseased portion of the lining of the artery

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Endocarditis

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Inflammation of endocardium

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Epididymis

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Group of ducts at the top of the testes where sperm is stored

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Fimbriae

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Hairlike ends of the uterine tubes that sweep the ovum

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Gastroscopy

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Examination of stomach using endoscope

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Gestation

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Period of fetal development

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Gouty arthritis

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Caused by uric acid build up

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Hematuria

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Blood in the urine

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Holter monitor

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Provides 24 hour Electrocardiogram

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Humeral

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Upper arm

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Hyperbilirubinemia

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Excessive bilirubin in blood

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Ileus

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Intestinal blockage

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Kyphosis

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Abnormal posterior spine curvature

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Laparoscopy

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Use of lighted tubular instrument

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Laryngectomy

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Removal of larynx

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Medulla oblongata

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Regulates heart and lung functions, swallowing, coughing, sneezing

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Menarche

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First mentruation

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Meningomyelocele

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Protrusion of meninges and spinal cord

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Menorrhagia

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Excessive me trial bleeding

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Mesentery

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Tissue that attaches small and large intestines

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Metrorrhagia

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Uterine bleeding between two menstrual periods

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Mitral valve

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Left side of the heart

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Myalgia

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Muscle pain

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