Medicine - 29 Flashcards
1
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Gradual return to health and strength after an illness or other problem
A
Convalescence
2
Q
To weaken, to destroy strength
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Enervate
3
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The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, spread, and control of disease in populations
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Epidemiology
4
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The protective outer skin of vertebrates
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Epidermis
5
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A physical disability or weakness
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Infirmity
6
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A disease, ailment, or disorder
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Malady
7
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Extreme or unnatural paleness
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Pallor
8
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Likely to be infected or made ill
Easily influenced or affected; sensitive
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Susceptible
9
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Capable of causing infection, very harmful or poisonous
Strongly and bitterly hateful
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Virulent
10
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Any of the tiny blood vessels that connect the smallest arrows to the smallest veins
Small and slender, with a very small internal diameter
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Capillary
