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24-hr human biological Rhythm

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Circadian Rhythm

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Pertussis

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Whooping Cough

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Neoplasm

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Tumor

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Consumption

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Tuberculosis

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Rubella

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German measles

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Baby Disease

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Colic

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Myopia

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near-sightedness

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Caisson disease

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the bends

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Varicella

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Chicken Pox

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Conjunctivitis

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Pink Eye

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Daltonism

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Color Blindness

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Alopecia

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Baldness

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Amyothrophic Laterial Sclerosis

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Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS)

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ADHD

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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infantile paralysis

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Poliomyelitis

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Hardening of artery walls

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Arteriosclerosis

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Inflammation, Pain and swelling of the joins

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Arthritis

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Memory Loss Associated with Elderly

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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Disease that destroys the myelin sheaths in nerve fibers

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Bacterial Disease Causing Dehydration

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Cholera

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Diver’s Condition of Nitrogen Bubbles in the Blood

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the Bends

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Lumbar Puncture

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Spinal Tap

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Chronic Respiratory Disease that includes Spasms

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Asthma

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Scar Tissue of the liver caused by alcoholism

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Cirrhosis

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Reduced Bone Mass Disease

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Osteoporosis

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26
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Iron or Hemoglobin Deficiency

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Anemia

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Hereditary bleeding disease

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Hemophilia

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Low Blood Pressure

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Hypotension

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High Blood presurre

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Hyper tension

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30
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Low blood sugar

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Hypoglycemia

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31
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When Body Temp drops below 95 degrees

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Hypothermia

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32
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Anxiety about health

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Hypochondria

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33
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Splitting of the Mind = phenomenon

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Schizophrenia

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34
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Hansen’s of Father Damian’s Disease

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Leprosy

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35
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Enlargement of the Thyroid Gland by Iodine Deficiency

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Goiter

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36
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INsulin Deficiency distory

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Diabetes

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37
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Disorder resulting in weakness of the facial muscles

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Bell’s Palsy

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Plague that spread across 14th Century Europe

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Bubonic Plague or Black Death

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39
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Mary Mallon’s Disease (1904-1915)

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Typhoid

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40
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Joint Disorder Caused by Mosquitoes

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Dengue Fever

Breakbone fever (virus)

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Viral Hemorrhagic Disease caused by mosquitos

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Yellow Fever

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Parasitic Disease caused by mosquitos

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Malaria

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Kissing Disease

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Mononucleosis

44
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Mononucleosis Germ

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Epstein-Barr

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Scarlett Fever Germ

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Streptococci

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Virus that appeared in Zaire in 1976

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Ebola

47
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Mutation Bacteria that causes paralyzing cramps

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E. Coli

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Common Virus that causes colds

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Rhino-Virus

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paralyzing food poisoning caused by a toxin

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Botulism

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Food Poisoning that effects gastrointestinal tract

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Salmonella

51
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Blockage of an artery by a bubble or blood clot

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Embolism

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Bulge in an artery wall

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Aneurysm

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When the Spinal Cord blocks pain

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Anagesia

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Inflammation of the Tongue

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Glossalgia

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Swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissue

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Edema

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Steroid that relieves arthritis pain

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Cortisone

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Malaria Medicine from Cinchona Tree Bark

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Quinine

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Disease of the Gum

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Gingivitis

59
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Gum Doctor

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Peridontist

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Thyroid Disease

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Grave’s Disease

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Food Aversion Disorder

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Binge Eating and purging disease

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Bulimia

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Syndrome Involving Barking and Cursing

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Tourette’s Syndrome

64
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Disorder of the wrist

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

65
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Retardation caused by an extra chromosome

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Down’s Syndrome

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Yellowing of the skin caused by excessive Bile

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Jaundice

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Brief stopping of breathing during sleep

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Sleep Apnea

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Standing or sudden sleep disorder

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Narcolepsy

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Disease with raised fluid pressure on the eye

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Glaucoma

70
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Clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye

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Cataract

71
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Afflliction in which children are socially withdrawn

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Autism

72
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Rhinitis Affects this

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Nose

73
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Encephalitis is a disease of this organ

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Brain

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Pyelonephritis is a disease of this organ

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Kidney

75
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Tuberculosis is a disease of this organ

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Lungs

76
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Hepatitis is a disease of this organ

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Liver

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Hormone prescribed to promote fertility

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Estrogen

78
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Swelling of Salivary Glands is Symptom of This

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Mumps

79
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Compound Carried by High and Low Density Lipoproteins

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Cholesterol

80
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Most Common Cause of Death in America

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Heart Disease

81
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Second-Most Common Cause of Death in America

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Cancer

82
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First Organ to Be transplanted, 1954

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Kidney

83
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How Fetal Defects are detected

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Amniocentesis

84
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Picture of an unborn child

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Sonogram

85
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Equipment used to electrically restart the heart

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Defibrillator

86
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Surgery to correct myopia

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Radio Caritodimy

87
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Common Name of Diazepam

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Valium

88
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The Study of Cancer

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Oncology

89
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Rice

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Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation

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PTSD

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

91
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Vitamin Deficiency Causing Night Blindness

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A (Retinol)

92
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Vitamin Deficiency Causing Beriberi

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B-1 (Thiamine) (dehusked rice)

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Vitamin Deficiency Causing Lesions

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B-2 (Riboflavin)

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Vitamin Deficiency causing anemia

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B-6 (Niacin)

95
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Vitamin of Folic Acid

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B-9

96
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Vitamin Deficiency Causing Pernicious Anemia

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B-12

97
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Vitamen Deficiency Causing Scurvy

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C (Ascorbic Acid)

98
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Vitamen Deficiency Causing Rickets

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D (also C and Calcium)

99
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Blood Clotting Vitamin

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K (K is also potassium)

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