Vocab Flashcards
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Abrupt
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Sudden
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Abstain
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To refrain from something
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Access
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Means to obtain entry or means of approach
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Accountable
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Responsible
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Adhere
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To hold fast or stick together
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Adverse
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Undesired, possibly harmful
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Aegis
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Protection, control
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Affect
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Appearance of observable emotion
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Aggregate
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Sum total of many things
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Aid
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A resource (e.g. band-aid)
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Ambivalent
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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
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Annual
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Once per year
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Applicable
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Relevant, appropriate
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Assiduous
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Very careful and hardworking
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Audible
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Loud enough to be heard
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Benevolent
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Showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity
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Bilateral
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Present on 2 sides
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Boisterous
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Rough, rowdy (bad behavior), and unruly (disorderly)
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Brazen
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Bold (shameless) or unrestrained by normal standards
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Capacious
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Large in size or capacity
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Cardiac
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Of or relating to the heart
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Cast
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Hard protective device applied to broken bones while the bone heals
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Cavity
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An opening or empty area
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Cease
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Come to an end or bring to an end
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Chronology
Order of events as they occurred; timeline
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Circuit
Movement once around a course
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Circuitous
Of a route or journey, which is longer than the most direct way
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Collateral
Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default
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Compensatory
Offsetting or making up for something (payment=balance)
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Complication
An undesired problem that is the result of some other event
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Comply
Do as directed
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Concave
Rounded inward; curve (bowl)
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Concise
Brief; to the point
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Consistency
Degree of viscosity, how thin or thick a fluid is
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Constrict
To draw together or become smaller; compress or squeeze to make narrow
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Contingent
Subject to chance; dependent on something else
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Contour
Shape or outline of a shape
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Contraindication
A reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done; inadvisable
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Convulsion
A violent disturbance
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Cursory
Quick, perfunctory (minimum effort), but not thorough
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Defecate
To expel feces
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Deficit
A deficiency or lack of something
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Depress
Press downward
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Depth
Downward measurement from a surface OR to be complete and thorough
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Deteriorating
Worsening
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Device
Tool or piece of equipment
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Diagnosis
Identification of an injury or disease
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Diameter
Distance across the center of an object
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Digression
A deviation or detour from the central topic or focus
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Dilate
To enlarge or expand
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Dilute
To make a liquid less concentrated
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Discrete
Distinct, separate
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Disdain
Lack of respect
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Distal
Situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment
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Distended
Enlarged or expanded from internal pressure
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Docile
Easily handled or managed (tame)
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Dysfunction
Impaired or abnormal functions
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Elevate
To lift or place in a higher position
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Empathy
Understanding of another's feelings
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Ephemeral
Only lasting for a short period of time
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Equilibrium
The state of balance
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Eradicate
To destroy completely
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Etiology
The cause or origin of disease
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Exacerbate
To make it worse or intensify
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Excess
More than what is needed or usual
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Exogenous
Produced outside the body
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Expand
To increase in size or amount
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Expectorate
To cough up phlegm from the lungs and out of the mouth
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Exposure
The state of being exposed or open to external environment
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External
Located outside the body
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Fatal
Resulting in death
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Fatigue
Extreme tiredness and exhaustion
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Flaccid
Limp, lacking tone
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Flushed
Reddened or ruddy appearance
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Fortuitous
Occurring by happy chance
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Gaping
Wide open
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Gastrointestinal
Of or relating to the stomach and intestines
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Gender
Sex identification
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Hematologic
Pertaining to or related to blood
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Hydration
The act of meeting body fluid demands
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Hygiene
Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health
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Hyperbole
Exaggerating; overstatement
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Impaired
Diminished or lacking something (quality, level)
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Impending
Likely to occur soon
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Impervious
Unable to be affected by
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Implement
To put into action; execute
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Imply
To express directly
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Intact
In place, unharmed
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Internal
Located within the body
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Invasive
Inserting or entering a body part
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Kinetic
Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
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Labile
Changing rapidly and often
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Laceration
A cut or tear; wound
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Languid
Tired and slow
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Latent
Present, but not active; hidden
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Lethargic
Difficult to arouse
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Manifestation
An indication or sign of a condition
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Metabolism
The sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism
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Milieu
The environmental condition or setting; background
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Musculoskeletal
Of or relating to muscle and skeleton
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Neurologic
Of or relating to the nervous system
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Neurovascular
Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels
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Novice
A beginner; inexperienced
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Nutrient
Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment
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Occluded
Closed or obstructed
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Ominous
Significantly important and dangerous
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Ongoing
Continuous
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Oral
Given through or affecting the mouth
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Otic
Relating to the ear
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Overt
Done or shown openly; not hidden
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Parameter
A characteristic or constant factor, limit
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Paroxysmal
Beginning suddenly or abruptly
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Patent
Open
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Pathogenic
Causing disease
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Posterior
Located behind or in the back
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Potent
Producing a strong effect; able to copulate as a male
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Potential
Capable of occurring or likely to occur
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Pragmatic
Concerned with practical matters and results; realistic
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Precaution
Preventive measure
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Precipitous
Overly hasty, rapid, and uncontrolled
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Precocious
Showing advance development
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Predispose
To make more susceptible or more likely to occur
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Preexisting
Already present
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Primary
First or most significant
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Priority
Of great important
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Prognosis
The anticipated or expected course or outcome
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Proliferation
A rapid increase in number
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Prudent
Careful and sensible; using good judgement
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Rampant
Unrestrained; uncontrolled
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Rationale
Logic; Underlying reason
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Recur
To occur again
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Regimen
A systematic plan for therapy to promote restoration of health
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Remission
Improvement or absence of sign of disease (reduction or disappearance)
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Renal
Of or relating to the kidneys
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Respiration
Inhalation and exhalation of air
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Restrict
To limit
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Retain
To hold or keep
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Sagacity
Sound knowledge, judgement, and foresight; wisdom
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Site
Location
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Sputum
Mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth
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Status
Condition
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Strict
Stringent, exact, or closed
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Sublingual
Under the tongue
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Superfluous
More than is needed or desired; unnecessary
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Supplement
To take in addition to or to complete
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Supposition
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; assumption
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Suppress
To stop or subdue
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Symmetric
Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position
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Symptom
A physical indication of a problem
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Syndrome
Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflects a specific disease or disorder
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Tenacious
Determined without change or doubt from the plan ' persistent
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Terse
To the point; concise
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Therapeutic
Or or relating to the treatment or a disease or a disorder
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Transdermal
Crossing through the skin
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Transient
Lasting for only a short period of time or duration (acute)
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Transmission
Transfer from one person another (e.g. disease)
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Trauma
Injury or wound
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Triage
Process of evaluation the urgency of medical need and prioritizing treatment
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Trite
Dull, unoriginal
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Ubiquitous
Everywhere at once
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Untoward
Adverse, negative, or unseemly
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Urinate
Void, excrete or expel urine
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Valid
Founded on fact or evidence
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Vascular
Or or relating to blood vessels
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Venerable
Worthy of respect due to wisdom or age
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Venerate
To regard with respect
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Verbal
Using words
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Virus
Microscopic infectious agent capable or replicating only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease
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Viscosity
A liquid's resistance to flow
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Vital
Pertaining to life; alive
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Void
Excrete to expel urine
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Volume
Amount of space occupied by a fluid
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Wary
To be cautious or suspicious
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Antidote
A medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison
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Compliant
Inclined to agree with others or obey rules
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Detrimental
Tending to cause harm
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Endogenous
Having an internal cause or origin
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Incidence
The occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime, or something else undesirable
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Ingest
Take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it
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Insidious
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
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Pediculosis
Infestation of the hairy parts of the body or clothing with the eggs, larvae or adults of lice
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Posthumous
Occurring or appearing after death
