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1
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To voluntarily refrain from something

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Abstain

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To be responsible

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Accountable

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Sudden, Intense

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Acute

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To hold fast or stick together

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Adhere

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Undesired possibly harmful

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Adverse

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Control, Protection

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Aegis

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Uncertain, having contradictory feelings

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Ambivalent

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To place, put on, or spread something

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Apply

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To give consent, to agree

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Assent

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10
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Able to be heard

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Audible

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11
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Single-celled, microscopic organisms

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Bacteria

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12
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Present on two sides

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Bilateral

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13
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Of or relating to the heart

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Cardiac

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14
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An opening or an empty area

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Cavity

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15
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Come to an end or bring to an end

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Cease

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16
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Order of events as they occurred timeline

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Chronology

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17
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Offsetting or making up for something

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Compensatory

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18
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Rounded Inward

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Concave

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19
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Brief, to the point

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Concise

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20
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Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows.

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Consistency

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21
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To draw together or become smaller

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Constrict

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22
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Dependent

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Contingent

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23
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A reason something is not advisable or should not be done

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Contradiction

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24
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Having or causing convolutions ie, violent shaking of the body.

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Convulsive

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25
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Quick, perfunctory,not thorough

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Cursory

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26
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Expel feces

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Defecate

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27
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A deficiency or lack of something

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Deficit

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28
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Downward measurement from a surface

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Depth

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29
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Worsening

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Deteriorating

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30
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Tool or piece of equipment

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Device

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31
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Identification of an injury or disease

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Diagnosis

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32
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To enlarge or expand

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Dilate

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33
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Distinct, Separate

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Discrete

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34
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Distant away from the center (such as of the body)

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Distal

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35
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Enlarged or expanded from pressure

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Distended

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36
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Impaired or abnormal functioning

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Dysfunction

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37
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Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another

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Empathy

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38
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Balance

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Equilibrium

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39
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The origin or cause of a disease or condition

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Etiology

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40
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To make worse or more severe

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Exacerbate

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41
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Lengthening; unbending a joint

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Extension

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42
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To increase in size or amount

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Expand

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43
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To come in contact

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Exposure

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44
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Located outside the body

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External

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45
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Resulting in death

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Fatal

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46
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Extreme tiredness exhaustion

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Fatigue

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47
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Bending a joint

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Flexion

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48
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Reddened or ruddy appearance

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Flushed

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49
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Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines

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Gastrointestinal

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50
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Of or relating to blood

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Hematologic

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51
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Maintenance of body fluid balance

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Hydration

52
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Measures contributing to cleanliness

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Hygiene

53
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Diminished or lacking some unusual quality or level

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Impaired

54
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Occurring in the near future, about to happen

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Impending

55
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An indication of a problem

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Symptom

56
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To take in addition to or to complete

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Supplement

57
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Of or relating to the kidneys

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Renal

58
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Transfer, such as of a disease, from one person to another

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Transmission

59
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Injury, wound

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Trauma

60
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Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patient’s condition and likelihood of benefit from the treatment

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Triage

61
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Being or seeming to be everywhere at once

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Ubiquitous

62
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Microscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only living cells, usually causing infectious disease

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Virus

63
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Vital

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Essential

64
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Amount of space occupied by a fluid

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Volume

65
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Spoken, using words

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Verbal

66
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Extremely harmful and severe

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Virulent

67
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Excrete or expel urine

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Urinate

68
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Of or relating to blood vessels

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Vascular

69
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Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder

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Syndrome

70
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Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder

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Therapeutic

71
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Causing harm, poisonous

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Toxic

72
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Crossing through the skin

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Transdermal

73
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To stop or subdue

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Suppress

74
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Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position

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Symmetric (symmetrical)

75
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To hold or keep

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Retain

76
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Calm, Tranquil

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Serene

77
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Condition

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Status

78
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Sublingual

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Under the tongue

79
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Inhalation and exhalation of air

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Respiration

80
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To limit

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Restrict

81
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To hold or keep

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Retain

82
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First or most significant

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Primary

83
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Of great importance

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Priority

84
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The anticipated or expected course or outcome

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Prognosis

85
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The underlying reason

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Rationale

86
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To occur again

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Recur

87
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Capable of occurring or likely to occur

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Potential

88
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Preventive measure

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Precaution

89
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Rapid, uncontrolled

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Precipitous

90
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To make more susceptible or more likely to occur

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Predispose

91
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Already present

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Preexisting

92
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Processes,causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality

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Pathology

93
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Located behind; in the back

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Posterior

94
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Producing a strong effect

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Potent

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A characteristic or constant factor, limit

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Parameter

96
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Patent

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Open

97
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Causing or able to cause disease

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Pathogenic

98
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Continuous

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Ongoing

99
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Given through or affecting the mouth

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Oral

100
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Of the ear

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Optic

101
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Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment

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Nutrient

102
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Closed or obstructed

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Occluded

103
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Of or relating to muscle and skeleton

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Musculoskeletal

104
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Of or relating to the nervous system

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Neurologic

105
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Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels

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Neurovascular

106
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Cut; tear

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Laceration

107
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Present but not active or visible

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Latent

108
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Difficult to arouse

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Lethargic

109
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An indication or sign of a condition

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Manifestation

110
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Located within the body

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Internal

111
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Inserting or entering into a body part

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Invasive

112
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Of or related to movement

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Kinetic

113
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Charging rapidly and often

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Labile

114
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To begin or put into practice

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Initiate

115
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So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time

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Insidious

116
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In place, unharmed

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Intact

117
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Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through

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Impervious

118
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To suggest without explicitly stating

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Imply

119
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Occurrence

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Incidence

120
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Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms

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Infection

121
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To conclude or deduce

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Infer

122
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The sender of a message

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Implies

123
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The receiver of the message

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Infers

124
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Reddened, swollen, warm and often tender

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Inflamed

125
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To swallow for digestion

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Ingest

Hesi A2 (5 decks)

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