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1
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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

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Order of events as they occurred; timeline

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Circuit

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Movement once around a course

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Circuitous

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Of a route or journey, which is longer than the most direct way

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Collateral

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Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default

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Compensatory

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Offsetting or making up for something (payment=balance)

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Complication

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An undesired problem that is the result of some other event

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Comply

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Do as directed

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Concave

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Rounded inward; curve (bowl)

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Concise

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Brief; to the point

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34
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Consistency

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Degree of viscosity, how thin or thick a fluid is

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Constrict

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To draw together or become smaller; compress or squeeze to make narrow

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Contingent

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Subject to chance; dependent on something else

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Contour

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Shape or outline of a shape

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Contraindication

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A reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done; inadvisable

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Convulsion

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A violent disturbance

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Cursory

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Quick, perfunctory (minimum effort), but not thorough

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Defecate

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To expel feces

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42
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Deficit

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A deficiency or lack of something

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43
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Depress

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Press downward

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Depth

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Downward measurement from a surface OR to be complete and thorough

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Deteriorating

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Worsening

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Device

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Tool or piece of equipment

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Diagnosis

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Identification of an injury or disease

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Diameter

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Distance across the center of an object

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Digression

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A deviation or detour from the central topic or focus

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50
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Dilate

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To enlarge or expand

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51
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Dilute

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To make a liquid less concentrated

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52
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Discrete

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Distinct, separate

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53
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Disdain

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Lack of respect

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54
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Distal

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Situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment

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Distended

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Enlarged or expanded from internal pressure

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Docile

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Easily handled or managed (tame)

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Dysfunction

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Impaired or abnormal functions

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Elevate

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To lift or place in a higher position

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Empathy

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Understanding of another’s feelings

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Ephemeral

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Only lasting for a short period of time

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Equilibrium

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The state of balance

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62
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Eradicate

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To destroy completely

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Etiology

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The cause or origin of disease

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Exacerbate

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To make it worse or intensify

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Excess

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More than what is needed or usual

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66
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Exogenous

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Produced outside the body

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67
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Expand

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To increase in size or amount

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68
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Expectorate

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To cough up phlegm from the lungs and out of the mouth

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69
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Exposure

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The state of being exposed or open to external environment

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70
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External

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Located outside the body

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71
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Fatal

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Resulting in death

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72
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Fatigue

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Extreme tiredness and exhaustion

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Flaccid

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Limp, lacking tone

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Flushed

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Reddened or ruddy appearance

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Fortuitous

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Occurring by happy chance

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Gaping

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Wide open

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Gastrointestinal

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Of or relating to the stomach and intestines

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Gender

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Sex identification

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Hematologic

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Pertaining to or related to blood

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Hydration

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The act of meeting body fluid demands

81
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Hygiene

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Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health

82
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Hyperbole

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Exaggerating; overstatement

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Impaired

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Diminished or lacking something (quality, level)

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Impending

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Likely to occur soon

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Impervious

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Unable to be affected by

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Implement

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To put into action; execute

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Imply

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To express directly

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Intact

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In place, unharmed

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Internal

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Located within the body

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Invasive

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Inserting or entering a body part

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Kinetic

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Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion

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Labile

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Changing rapidly and often

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Laceration

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A cut or tear; wound

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Languid

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Tired and slow

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Latent

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Present, but not active; hidden

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Lethargic

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Difficult to arouse

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Manifestation

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An indication or sign of a condition

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Metabolism

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The sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism

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Milieu

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The environmental condition or setting; background

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Musculoskeletal

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Of or relating to muscle and skeleton

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Neurologic

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Of or relating to the nervous system

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Neurovascular

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Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels

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Novice

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A beginner; inexperienced

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Nutrient

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Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment

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Occluded

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Closed or obstructed

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Ominous

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Significantly important and dangerous

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Ongoing

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Continuous

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Oral

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Given through or affecting the mouth

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Otic

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Relating to the ear

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Overt

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Done or shown openly; not hidden

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Parameter

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A characteristic or constant factor, limit

112
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Paroxysmal

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Beginning suddenly or abruptly

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Patent

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Open

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Pathogenic

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Causing disease

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Posterior

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Located behind or in the back

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Potent

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Producing a strong effect; able to copulate as a male

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Potential

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Capable of occurring or likely to occur

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Pragmatic

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Concerned with practical matters and results; realistic

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Precaution

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Preventive measure

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Precipitous

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Overly hasty, rapid, and uncontrolled

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Precocious

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Showing advance development

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Predispose

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To make more susceptible or more likely to occur

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Preexisting

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Already present

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Primary

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First or most significant

125
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Priority

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Of great important

126
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Prognosis

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The anticipated or expected course or outcome

127
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Proliferation

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A rapid increase in number

128
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Prudent

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Careful and sensible; using good judgement

129
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Rampant

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Unrestrained; uncontrolled

130
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Rationale

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Logic; Underlying reason

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Recur

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To occur again

132
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Regimen

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A systematic plan for therapy to promote restoration of health

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Remission

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Improvement or absence of sign of disease (reduction or disappearance)

134
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Renal

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Of or relating to the kidneys

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Respiration

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Inhalation and exhalation of air

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Restrict

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To limit

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Retain

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To hold or keep

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Sagacity

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Sound knowledge, judgement, and foresight; wisdom

139
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Site

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Location

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Sputum

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Mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth

141
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Status

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Condition

142
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Strict

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Stringent, exact, or closed

143
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Sublingual

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Under the tongue

144
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Superfluous

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More than is needed or desired; unnecessary

145
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Supplement

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To take in addition to or to complete

146
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Supposition

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A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; assumption

147
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Suppress

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To stop or subdue

148
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Symmetric

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Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position

149
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Symptom

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A physical indication of a problem

150
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Syndrome

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Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflects a specific disease or disorder

151
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Tenacious

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Determined without change or doubt from the plan ‘ persistent

152
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Terse

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To the point; concise

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Therapeutic

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Or or relating to the treatment or a disease or a disorder

154
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Transdermal

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Crossing through the skin

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Transient

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Lasting for only a short period of time or duration (acute)

156
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Transmission

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Transfer from one person another (e.g. disease)

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Trauma

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Injury or wound

158
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Triage

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Process of evaluation the urgency of medical need and prioritizing treatment

159
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Trite

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Dull, unoriginal

160
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Ubiquitous

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Everywhere at once

161
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Untoward

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Adverse, negative, or unseemly

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Urinate

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Void, excrete or expel urine

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Valid

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Founded on fact or evidence

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Vascular

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Or or relating to blood vessels

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Venerable

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Worthy of respect due to wisdom or age

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Venerate

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To regard with respect

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Verbal

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Using words

168
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Virus

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Microscopic infectious agent capable or replicating only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease

169
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Viscosity

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A liquid’s resistance to flow

170
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Vital

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Pertaining to life; alive

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Void

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Excrete to expel urine

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Volume

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Amount of space occupied by a fluid

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Wary

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To be cautious or suspicious

174
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Antidote

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A medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison

175
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Compliant

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Inclined to agree with others or obey rules

176
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Detrimental

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Tending to cause harm

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Endogenous

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Having an internal cause or origin

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Incidence

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The occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime, or something else undesirable

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Ingest

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Take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it

180
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Insidious

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Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

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Pediculosis

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Infestation of the hairy parts of the body or clothing with the eggs, larvae or adults of lice

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Posthumous

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Occurring or appearing after death

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