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deviation, irregularity

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aberration
sent: those low t cell counts seem to be an aberration.

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scrape, stractch

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abrasion
sent:a minor abrasion rarely requires a bandage

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bitter, caustic, pungent

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acrid
sent: the acrid smoke made our eyes water

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experienced to a severe degree

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acute
sent: he suffered from acute pain after eating

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unfavorable, harmful

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adverece
sent: the adverse effects of overeating are well known

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to walk saunter, stroll

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ambulate
sent: patients abulate or wheel themselves fown the hall

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abnormal, atupical, deviant

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anomalous
sent: his anomalous opinions irritated his colleagues

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to inhale, to withdraw fluid

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aspirate
sent: turn the patient so that he does not aspriate fluid

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to alleviate, allay, ease

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assuage
sent: a but of aloe will assauge the itch of a mosquito bite

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waste away, wither, weaken

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atrophy
sent: the unused limb began to atrophy

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not harmful, noncancerous

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benign
sent: the tumor was benign and was easily removed

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to divide, branch, fork

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bifurcate
sent: the artieries bifurcate into external and internal artieries

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corpse, dead body

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cadavar
sent: the trainees worked together to dissect the cavadar

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invigorating, therapeutic, liberating

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cathartic
sent: a plunge into the cold lake can be cathartic

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corrisive, biting, acerbic

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caustic
sent: wear gloves when working with caustic chemicals

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to burn for curative purposes

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cauterize
sent: they will cauterize the wound to prevent infection

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persistent, long lasting

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chronic
sent: her nose drips as through she has a chronic cold

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clot, congeal, solidify

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coagulate
sent: healthy blood will coagulate in 30 seconds or lesd

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infection, contamination

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contagion
sent: the contagion spread rapidly through the hospital

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bruise, discoloration

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contusion
sent: bumping the table left a contusion on his knee

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bodily, physical

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corporeal
sent: he perfers the life of the mind to corporeal reality

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fleshly, overweight, fat

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corpulent
sent: my corpulent dachshund needs to exerise more

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to melt, liquefy

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deliquesce
sent: the powder will deliquesce and coat the tubing

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confusion, disorientation

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delirium
sent: in her delirium, she though she saw bugs on the wall

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expansiom, stretching, enlargement
dilation sent: bright light causes dilation of the pupils
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to water down, weaken
dilute sent: add cold water to dilute the sample
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stretch, swell, expand
distent sent: overeating will distent your stomach temporaily
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effectiveness, value
effcacy sent: the drugs efficacy has not yet been proven
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prevalent, widespread
endemic sent: are tick botes endemic in this area?
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to weaken, debilitate, enfeeble
enervate sent: surgery can enervate an elderly patient
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to remove, eliminate
excise sent: the dermatologist will excise the oddly shape mole
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feverish, flushed
febrile sent: she placed a damp cloth on the child's febrile forehead
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cleft, crack, cervice
fissure sent: dripping water caused a fissure in the foundation
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sagging, limp, lifeless
flaccid sent: my muscles were flaccid ater weeks in a cast
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to bend, contrast
flex sent: can you flex your wrist with the bandage on it?
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walking, movement
gait sent: his gait appears unsteady following the operation
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elderly, senior
geriatric sent: an aging population makes geriatric medicine popular
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pregnancy, development in the womb
gestation sent: track the mother thriugh gestation and after the birth
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pregnant
gravid sent: all gravid patients belong on the third floor
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impermeable, resilient, impenetrable
impervious sent: those imperviuos gloves will protect your hands
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invaion, as by a parasite
infestation sent: an infestation of lice can be hard to get rid of
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irritation, swelling, redness
inflammation sent: expect mild inflammation around the injestion site
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harmless, inobjectable, onoffensive
innocuous sent: eat something mild and innocuous, such as toast
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stealty, sinister
insidious sent: an insidious disease often shows no visible symptoms
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to place side by side, compare
juxtapose sent: if you juxtapose his fingers, you can see that one is bent
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dormant, underlying, potential
latent sent: the virus is latent and has produced no symptoms yet
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cut, wound, damaged region
lesion sent: the frightened cat left a lesion on my arm
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weary, sluggish, inactive
lethargic sent: the hot weather made all of us feel lethargic and dull
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dissatisfaction, discomfort, unease
malaise sent: following the layoffs, a sort of malaise set in at the company
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cancerous, menacing
malignant sent: radiation will slow the growth of the malignant tumor
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to chew, munch, chomp
masticate sent: cows masticate their cuds all day long
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remedy, potion, panaca
nostrum sent: herbs are considered a nostrum for many ailments
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harmful, lethaln, toxic
noxious sent: propane leaks can be naxious, so watch your grill
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fatness, heaviness
obesity sent: her diabetes many stem from youthful obesity
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to harden, solidify, set
ossify sent: as the baby grows, the tissue will begin to ossify
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soothing, relieving, easing
palliative sent: fidning no cure, the docitrs ordered palliative measure
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tangible, obvious, physical
palpable sent: there is a palpable lump under the skin
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pimple, swelling
papule sent: the papule tunred red ad itched for a week
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outburse, convulsion, spasm
paroxysm sent: she burst into a paroxysm of uncontrollable coughing
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shadow, obsurity shade
penumbra sent: the tumor showed up as a penumbra on the x-ray
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porous, leaky, penetrable
permeable sent: pereable bandages allow air to circulate
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dealy, destructive, harmful
pernicious sent: food advertising can have a pernicious effect on my diet
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autopsy, inquest, examination
postmortem sent: every suspicious death warrants a postmortem
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projection, prediction
prognosis sent: what is the prognosis for the women's recovery
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lying facedown
prone sent: of you lie in a prone position, he will massage your back
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to decay, rot, molder
putrefy sent: meat will soon putrefy if it is eft out on a counter
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seclusion, confinement
quarantine sent: we placed them in quarantine to prevent futher infection
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latent, inert, dormant
quiescent sent: the virus may be quiescent for months before causing illness
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reaction, impulse, spontaneous effect
reflex sent: test the biceps, reflex by tapping the tendon
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flexible, hardy, duable
resilient sent: a resilient child easily overcomes obstacles
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breathing
respiration sent: his respiration seems forced: each breath is labored
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reprieve, break rest
respite sent: we took a short respite to stretch our legs
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aging, maturing
senescent sent: my senescent brain has trouble recalling names
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monotanous, hypnotic, sleep inducing
soporific sent: the soporific drug had him drowsy within minutes
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tremor, contraction
spasm sent: tickling her feet caused a small spasm in her legs
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stop, restrict
stanch sent: use a clean cloth to stanch the bleeding
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assistance, help, aid
succor sent: paramedics offered to succor to the accident victimes
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laying on the back
supine sent: wjile the paient is supine raise the legs one at a time
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festering discharging pus
suppurating sent: civil war soliders often died of suppurating injuries
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stitching, seam, junction
suture sent: a suture held the edges of the wound together
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pattern of symptoms and signs
syndrome sent: the syndrome starts with numbness and tingling
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lukewarm, unenthusiastic, apathetic
tepid sent: pour tepid water into the vaporizer
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lethargy, lamguor, inactivity
torpor sent: after ten at night, a torpor came over out study group
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poisonous, lethal
toxic sent: wild mushrooms may be toxic
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crosswise, oblique, slanted
transverse sent: we observed the transverse image of the bone
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injury, damage, suffering
trauma sent: after physical trauma, some people go into shock
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quivering, shaky, wavering
tremulous sent: her legs seemed tremulous as she rose from the bed
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controler, as of material through a passage
valve sent: with the valve closed, np liquid can flow
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dizzy, giddy, reeling
vertiginous sent: four rides on the carousel gave me a vertiginous feeling
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infectious, contagious
virulent sent: the virulent strain of flu infected the whole school
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