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Vocabulary Flashcards

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Abrupt

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Sudden

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Abstain

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To voluntarily refrain from something

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Access

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A means to obtain entry or a 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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Affect

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Appearance of observable emotions

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Annual

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Occurring every year

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Apply

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To place, put on, or spread something

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Audible

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Able to be heard

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Bilateral

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Present on two sides

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Cardiac

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Of or relation to the heart

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Cast

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Hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals

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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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Compensatory

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Offsetting or making up for something

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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

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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

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Constrict

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To draw together or become smaller

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Contigent

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Dependent

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Contour

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Shape or outline of something

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Contract

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to draw together, to reduce in size

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Contraindication

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

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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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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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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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The distance across the center of an object

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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

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Distended

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Enlarged or expanded from pressure

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Dysfunction

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Impaired or abnormal functioning

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Elevate

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To lift up or place in a higher position

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Endogeneous

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Produced within the body

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42
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Exacerbate

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To make worse or more severe

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Excess

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More than what is needed or usual

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44
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Exogenous

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Produced outside the body

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Expand

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To increase in size or amount

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Expose

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Contact

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External

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Located outside the body

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Fatal

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Resulting in death

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Fatigue

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Extreme tiredness, 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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Gaping

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Gastrointestinal

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Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines

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Gender

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Sex of an individual, as in male or female

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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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Likely to occur soon

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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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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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Initiate

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To begin or put into practice

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Insidious

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So gradual as to no become apparent for a long time

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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 into a body part

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Labile

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Changing rapidly and often

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Laceration

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Latent

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Present but not active or visible

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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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Musculoskeleton

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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 and blood vessels

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Nutrient

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Substance or ingredient that provides noursihment

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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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Overt

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Obvious, easily observed

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Parameter

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A characteristic or constant factor, limit

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Paroxysmal

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Beginning suddenly or abruptly; convulsive

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Patent

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Pathogenic

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Causing or able to cause disease

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Pathology

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Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality

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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

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Precaution

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Preventative measure

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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

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Preexisting

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Already present

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Primary

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First or most significant

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Priority

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Of great importance

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Prognosis

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The anticipated or expected course or outcome

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Rationale

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The underlying reason

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Recur

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To occur again

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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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Retain

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To hold or keep

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Site

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Status

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Strict

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Stringent, exact, complete

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Sublingual

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Under the tongue

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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

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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

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Therapeutic

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

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Transdermal

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Crossing through the skin

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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 likelihood of benefit form the treatment

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Untoward

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Adverse or 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 the blood vessels

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Verbal

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Spoken, using words

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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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Void

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Excrete, or expel urine

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Volume

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Amount of space occupied by a fluid

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