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Abstain

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To voluntarily refrain from something. (EX: The dental hygienist instructed the patient to abstain from smoking to improve his breath odor.)

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Abrupt

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Sudden and possibly unexpected

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Accolade

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Tribute or honor.

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Accountable

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To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are accountable for maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation techniques.)

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Acute

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Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing acute pain after surgery.)

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Adhere

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To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape must adhere to the patient’s skin to hold the bandage in place.)

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Adverse

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Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is an adverse effect of many medications.)

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Aegis

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Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions are under the aegis of the nurse manager.)

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Aggregate

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A sum total of many things.

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Aggrieved

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Hurt or angry.

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. (EX: After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was ambivalent about having a mastectomy.)

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Anachronism

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A thing of the past. “My disease is anachronism”

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Antidote

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Cure or remedy. “I need an antidote for this headache”

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Alleviate

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Reduce. “This medicine is alleviating my pain”

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Apply

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To place, put on, or spread something.

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Assent

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To give consent, to agree.

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Audible

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Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory therapist noted the patient’s audible wheezing as a symptom of the patient’s asthma.

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Bacteria

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Single-celled, microscopic organisms.

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Barrage

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Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack). “This staph disease is so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples.”

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Bearing

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Manner, direction, or influence.

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Benign

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Not harmful.

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Bilateral

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Present on two sides.

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Callous

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Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.

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Cardiac

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Of or relating to the heart.

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Cataract

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Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision.

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Cavity

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An opening or an 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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Compensatory

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Offsetting (amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a contrary one) or making up for something. Best described as corrective.

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Concave

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Rounded inward. (RBC)

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Concise

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Brief, to the point.

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Consistency

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Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows. (Texture).

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Constitute

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To establish, create, or organize.

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Constrict

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To draw together or become smaller. “Blood vessels constrict when you are in a cold environment”

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Contingent

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Dependent/reliant.

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36
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Contraindication

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A reason something is not advisable or should not be done.

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Convoluted

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To be complex. “Her symptoms were very convoluted: back pain, headache, and severe nose bleed.”

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38
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Convulsive

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Having or causing convulsions (violent shaking of the body [epilepsy])

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39
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Covert

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Hidden or concealed. “Her bruises were covert under her clothes”

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Cursory

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Quick, perfunctory, not thorough. “run a cursory examination on the adult.”

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Defecate

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Expel feces.

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Deficit

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A deficiency or lack of something.

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43
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Delusional

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Confused or mistaken.

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44
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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.

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Desiccated

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Dried or withered. “Her feces were desiccated”

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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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Dilate

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To enlarge or expand.

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Dilute

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To make a liquid less concentrated.

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Discrete

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Distinct, separate. “Her bruises were so discrete, scattered all around her body”

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Distal

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Distant; away from the center (body).

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54
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Distended

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Enlarged or expanded from pressure. “Her stomach looked like a balloon, it was distended”

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55
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Docile

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Easily handled, tame i.e. not dangerous or frightened by people. “The little girl was docile, very gullible.”

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Dysfunction

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Impaired or abnormal functioning.

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57
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Earthly

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Worldly or possible.

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58
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Empathy

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Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another.

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59
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Endogenous

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Developing internally of body. “Cells are endogenous”

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60
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Eradicate

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To destroy completely. “Everyone wants to eradicate cancer.”

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61
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Equilibrium

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Balance.

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62
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Ethereal

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Being extremely delicate or refined, ghostly, or eerie.

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63
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Etiology

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The origin or cause of a disease or condition.

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Euphemism

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An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive. “Im sorry, but your father passed away.”

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Euphoric

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Confident. (I am euphoric about this exam.)

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Exacerbate

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To make worse or more severe.

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67
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Exogenous

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Developing externally of body. “Hair is exogenous”

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68
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Expand

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To increase in size or amount.

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69
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Expectorate

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To cough up discharge from the lungs through the mouth. (spit).

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Exposure

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To come in contact.

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71
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Extension

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Lengthening; unbending a joint.

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72
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External

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Located outside the body.

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73
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Fatal

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Resulting in death.

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74
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Fatigue

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Extreme tiredness, exhaustion.

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75
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Febrile

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Fever.

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76
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Flaccid

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Soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant. (LIMP) (PENIS)

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Flexion

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Bending a joint. “FLEXING YOUR ARM”

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Flushed

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Reddened or ruddy appearance.

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Forgo

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Omit (to leave out or exclude). (FORGO-> NOGO).

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Gastrointestinal

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Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines.

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Halitosis

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Bad breath.

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Hedge

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Evade, circumvent, or dodge. (ESCAPE OR AVOID).

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Heedless

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To be thoughtless, unmindful, or careless.

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Hematologic

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Of or relating to blood.

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Hydration

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Maintenance of body fluid balance.

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Hygiene

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Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health.

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Impaired

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Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level.

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Impending

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Occurring in the near future, about to happen.

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Impervious

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Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through. “skin”

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Implement

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To put into action or to cause it to happen.

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Imply

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To suggest without explicitly stating. (Sender of a message implies)

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Incidence

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Occurrence.

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Infection

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Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms.

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Infer

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To conclude or deduce- arrive at a fact. (The receiver of the message infers)

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Inflamed

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Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender.

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Ingest

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To swallow for digestion.

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Inhibits

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To hold back, constrain, reduce, or slow. “Migraine pills inhibit migraines”

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Initiate

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To begin or put into practice.

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Insidious

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So gradual as to not become apparent (clearly visible) for a long time.

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Intact

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In place, unharmed, or whole.

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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 into a body part.

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Kinetic

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Of or relating to movement.

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Labile

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Changing rapidly and often. (VOLATILE)

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Laceration

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Cut;tear.

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Latent

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Present but not active or visible.

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Lateral

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On the side.

108
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Legacy

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Bequest or relic.

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Lethargic

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Difficult to arouse. (wake).

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Malaise

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Sickness, condition, or dissatisfaction.

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Malignant

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Expected to grow and worsen.

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Manifestation

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An indication or sign of a condition.

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Milieu

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The environmental condition or setting.

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Musculoskeletal

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Of or relating to muscle and skeleton.

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Nebulous

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Vague (uncertain, unclear).

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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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Nutrient

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Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment.

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Obtuse

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Ignorant.

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Occluded

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Closed or obstructed.

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Ominous

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Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious. (portentous).

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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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Of the ear.

125
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Oubliette

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Dungeon, prison, or cell.

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Overt

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OBVIOUS OR VISIBLE.

127
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Painful

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Aching. (Sore, throbbing with pain).

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Paltry

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Worthless.

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Panacea

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Cure, solution, or remedy.

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Parameter

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A characteristic or constant FACTOR, limit. Structure.

131
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Paroxysmal

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Sudden, recurrence spasms or seizures.

132
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Patent

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Open.

133
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Pathogenic

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Causing or able to cause a disease.

134
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Pathology

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Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality.

135
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Pediculosis

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Infested with lice.

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Posterior

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Located behind; in the back.

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Potent

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Producing a strong effect.

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Potential

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Capable of occurring or likely to occur.

139
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Precaution

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Preventive measure.

140
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Precipitous

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Rapid, uncontrolled.

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Predispose

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To make more susceptible or more likely to occur. make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition.

142
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Preexisting

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Already present.

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Primary

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First or most significant.

144
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Priority

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Of great importance.

145
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Progeny

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Offspring.

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Prognosis

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The anticipated or expected course or outcome. (EX: The physician explained that, with treatment, the patient’s prognosis was for a long and healthy life.)

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Proliferation

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A rapid increase in number.

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Q.I.D

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4 times a day.

149
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Quarantine

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Strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of a disease or to exclude, detain, or isolate. (CONFINEMENT: keep or restrict someone from something)

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Raucous

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Wild, loud, or disorderly.

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Rampant

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Unrestrained.

152
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Rancid

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Smelling unpleasant.

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Rationale

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The underlying reason| LOGIC. (EX: To make sure that the patient will follow the diet instructions, the medical assistant explains the rationale for the low-salt diet.)

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Ravenus

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Hungry.

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Recur

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To occur again.

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Regale

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To entertain, amuse, or delight.

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Regimen

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A systematic plan for therapy.

158
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Relic

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Thing of the past.

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Remission

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Improvement or absence of signs of disease.

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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 or 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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Rigid

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Not flexible.

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Serene

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Calm, tranquil.

166
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Spinster

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An unmarried woman.

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Sputum

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A mixture of saliva and mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract, typically as a result of infection or other disease.

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Status

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Condition.

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Sublingual

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Under the tongue.

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Substantial

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Having substance or sustaining. Strengthen or support physically or mentally.

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Supplement

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To take in addition to or to complete.

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Suppress

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To stop or subdue. (counter).

173
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Supposition

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A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.

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Susceptible

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Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing. (PREDISPOSE).

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Symmetric (symmetrical)

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

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Symptom

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An indication of a problem.

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Syndrome

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

178
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Tertiary Health Care

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A system to return patients to wellness.

179
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Therapeutic

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Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder.

180
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Toxic

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Causing harm or poisonous.

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Transdermal

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Crossing through the skin.

182
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Transmission

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Transfer, such as of a disease, from one person to another.

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Trauma

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Injury, wound.

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Triage

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Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patients according to the severity of a patient’s condition and the likelihood of benefit from the treatment.

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Ubiquitous

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Being or seeming to be everywhere at once.

186
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Untoward

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Adverse, negative.

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Urinate

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Excrete or expel urine.

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Vascular

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Of or relating to blood vessels.

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Verbal

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Spoken, using words.

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Virulent

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Extremely harmful and severe.

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Virus

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

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Vital

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Essential.

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Void

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To urinate.

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Volatile

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Labile, change rapidly.

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Volume

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Amount of space occupied by a fluid.

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