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achromophilic

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resisting color (stain)

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aerobic

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requiring air to live

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aerocele

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herniation containing air

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aerophobia

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abnormal fear of air

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aerotherapy

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treatment using air

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amenorrhea

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without menstruation

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anaerobic

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able to live without air

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anterolateral

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front and side

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anteromedial

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front and middle

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anteroposterior

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from front to back

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anterosuperior

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front and top

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arteriostasis

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control of flow through arteries

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axillary

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underarm, arm pit

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bioethics

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study of what is good and bad for living things

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biology

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study of living things

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blastoderm

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immature skin cell

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caudad

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toward the tail/ sacrum

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cephalad

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toward the head

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cephalocaudal

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from head to toe

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chondrodysplasia

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difficult/painful development of cartilage

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chromogenesis

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formation of color

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chromolysis

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destruction of color

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chromometer

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measuring color

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chromophilic

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attracting color (stain)

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coronal

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pertaining to the crown or encircling

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coronary

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pertaining to the crown or encircling (around the heart)

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diagnosis

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identifying a disease

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dialysis

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separating substances in solution

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diarrhea

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abnromally loose watery bowel movement

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distal

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away from point of origin

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dorsal

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back/posterior

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dorsocephalad

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toward the back of the head

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dysentery

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painful condition of the small instestine

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dysmenorrhea

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difficult or painful menstruation

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dyspepsia

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difficult digestion

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dyspnea

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difficulty breathing

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dystocia

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difficulty in labor

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ectocytic

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outisde the cell

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ectoderm

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outer embryonic layer

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ectogenous

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formed outside the body

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ectopic

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outside of the normal location

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ectoplasm

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outer membrane of the cell

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endocardium

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inner membrane layer of the heart

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endochondral

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within the cartilage

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endocolitis

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inflammation of th elining of the colon

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endocystic

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inside the urinary bladder

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endoderm

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inner embryonic layer

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endoenteritis

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inflammation of the lining of the small intestine

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endogenous

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made by one’s own body

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endoscopy

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process of using a scope to look into the body

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eugenics

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choosing good genetic traits to propagate

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eupepsia

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good digestion

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eupnea

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easy breathing

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euthanasia

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easy death

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eutocia

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easy labor

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hemostasis

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control blood flow

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hyperplasia

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overdevelopment (too many cells)

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hypoplasia

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underdevelopment (too few cells)

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inferior

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below

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lateral

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side

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lithotripsy

A

surgical crushing of a stone

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lymphostasis

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control or stoppage of lymph flow

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medial

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middle

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menopause

A

cessation of menstruation

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menorrhagia

A

flow during menstruation

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menses

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menstruation

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mesoderm

A

middle germ layer

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midaxillary

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middle of the armpit

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midsagittal

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the plane dividing the body into equal right and left halves

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neurotripsy

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surgical crushing of a nerve

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omphalectomy

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excision of the umbilicus

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omphalic

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pertaining to the umbilicus

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omphalitis

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inflammation of the umbilicus

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omphalocele

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umbilical herniation

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omphalorrhagia

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discharge from the umbilicus

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osteochondrodysplasia

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painful development of the bone and cartilage

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para-appendicitis

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inflammation near the appendix

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paracentral

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pertaining to near the center

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paracolpitis

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inflammation near the vagina

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paracystitis

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inflammation near the urinary bladder

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parahepatitis

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inflammation near the liver

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paranephritis

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inflammation near the kidney

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parietal

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pertaining to the wall

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peritoneum

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membrane of the abdomen

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phlebostasis

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control of flow through a vein

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pleura

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membrane of the lungs

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posteroanterior

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from back to front

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posteroexternal

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back and outside

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posterointernal

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back and inside

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posterolateral

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back and side

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procephalic

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in front of the head

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prognosis

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predicting the outcome of a disease

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prognostic

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pertaining to predicting the outcome of a disease

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proximal

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near the point of origin

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pseudocyesis

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false pregnancy

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pseudocyst

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false cyst

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pseudoedema

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false swelling

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pseudoesthesia

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false sensation

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retrocolic

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behind the large intestine

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retroflexion

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bending/flexing backward

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retroperitoneum

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behind the peritoneum

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retroperitonitis

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inflammation of the area behind the peritoneum

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retrosternal

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behind the sternum

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retroversion

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twisting/turning backward

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sagittal

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vertical plane or slice, divides into left and right

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signs

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objective observable information

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superior

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above

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symptoms

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subjective self-reported information

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syphilophobia

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abnormal fear of syphilis

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syphilopsychosis

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severe mental condition caused by untreated syphilis

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syphilotherapy

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treatment for syphilis

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ventral

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front

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viscera

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organs

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visceropleura

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membrane surrounding and attached to the lung

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