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Neurorrhaphy

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Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve

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Gastroenteritis

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Inflammation of the stomach and small intestines

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Tonsillitis

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Inflammation of the tonsils

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Abdominocentesis

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Surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid

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Acronym

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A word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound word.

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Acute

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Condition has a rapid onset coarse and a relatively short duration

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Angiography

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The process of producing an x ray of blood vessels

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Appendectomy

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Surgical removal of the appendix

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Arteriosclerosis

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Abnormal hardening of the arteries

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Arthralgia

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Pain in the joints

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Colostomy

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Surgical incision into the colon between the colon and the body surface.

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Cyanosis

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Blueish discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of oxygen levels

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Dermatologist

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A physician who specializes in the skin

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Diarrhea

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Frequent watery stool

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Edema

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Swelling

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Endarterial

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Interior lining of an artery

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Eponym

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A disease structure

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Erthrocyte

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Red blood cells

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Fissure

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A groove or crack in the skin

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Fistula

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An abnormal passage between two organs

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Gastralgia

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Stomach pain

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Gastritis

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Inflammation of the stomach

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Gastrosis

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Means any disease of the stomach

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Hemorrhage

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The loss of a large amount of blood in a short time

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Hepatomegaly

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Enlargement of the liver

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

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Infection

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Invasion of the Body by a pathogenic organism

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Inflammation

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Localized response to injury or to the destruction of tissue

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Interstitial

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Between banal within the parts of a tissue

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Intramuscular

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With in the muscle

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Laceration

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A torn or jagged wound or accidental cut wound

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Lesion

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A pathologic change of tissue due to disease or injury.

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Mycosis

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abnormal condition or disease caused by fungus.

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Myelopathy

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Describes any pathological change or disease in the spinal cord.

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Myopathy

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Pathologic change or disease of muscle tissue

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Myorrhexis

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Rupture of a muscle

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Natal

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Neonatology

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Study of disorders in the newborn

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Otorhinolaryngology

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Study of the nose larynx and throat

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Palpating

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Examination with hands used to feel texture, size, consistency and location of certain body parts

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Palpitation

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Pounding or racing heart beat

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Pathology

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Study of all aspects of disease

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Phalanges

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Bones in the fingers and toes

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Poliomyelitis

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Viral infection of gray matter of the spinal cord

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Prognosis

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Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder

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Pyoderma

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inflammatory, pus, bacterial skin infection

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Pyrosis

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Discomfort due to regurgitation of stomach acid( acid reflex)

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Remission

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disappearance of the symptoms

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Sign

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Objective evidence (fever)

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Supination

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Palm of the hand facing up

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Suppurations

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Formation or discharge or pus

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Supracoastal

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Means below a rib

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Symptom

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Subjective (pain/headache)

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Syndrome

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Set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease

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Trauma

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Wound or injury

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Triage

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Medical screening to determine proper place of treatment

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Viral

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Pertaining to a disease

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