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1
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Describes a sudden change that occurs w/out warning

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Abrupt

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The deliberate effort to refrain from an action, such as drinking alcohol or eating junk food

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Abstain

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The freedom to use something as one chooses; the permission or ability to enter or approach a specific entity pr area

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Access

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Responsible for actions or explanations

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Accountable

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The process of binding one thing to another using glue, tape, or another agent; refers to the action of maintaining loyalty or support

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Adhere

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In a contrary fashion; can cause harm; may also refer to something that is in opposition to ones interests

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Adverse

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7
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A clear influence on ones emotions

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Affect

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The duration of a single year; an occurrence that takes place once each year

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Annual

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9
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To put something to use; having a relevant or valid connection to something else

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Apply

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10
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Capable of being heard

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Audible

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Having two sides; may refer to something that affects both side of the human body

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Bilateral

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12
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Concerning the heart

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Cardiac

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The process by which something is given shape through the pouring of a liquid substance into a mold; may also refer to the throwing of an object

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Cast

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To bring about a gradual end; refers to something that dies out of becomes extinct

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Cease

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15
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An equivalent; the action of making a payment that serves as a counterbalance for another action

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Compensatory

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A factor that presents a degree of difficulty; may also refer to a secondary disease or condition

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Complications

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To carry out the wishes of another person; to perform in the manner prescribed by law

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Comply

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A surface that is rounded inward like a bowl; surface that is arched or curved

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Concave

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Straightforward and to the point; absent of all excessive detail

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Concise

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20
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The agreement of each of the parts that constitute a whole

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Consistency

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21
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To make something narrow by squeezing or compressing

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Constrict

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22
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Something that may happen; may also refer to something that is dependent upon or conditioned by something else

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Contingent

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23
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The line that represents the shape of a curvy figure

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Contour

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24
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The agreement between two parties that binds each to preform certain actions

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Contract

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25
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The presence of a symptom or condition that will make a specific treatment unadvisable

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Contraindication

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26
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To have feces removed from the bowels

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Defecate

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27
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A lack in an amount or quality of something, such as money or rainfall

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Deficit

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28
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To press down; the lessening of activity or strength; an action in which something moves to a lower position

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Depress

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29
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A quality of being complete and thorough

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Depth

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30
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To make inferior in quality; to diminish in function or condition

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Deteriorating

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31
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Something that is devised or thought up; may be a piece of equipment designed for a specific task

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Device

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32
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Determining the dysfunction/disease

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Diagnosis

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33
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The length of a line that passes through the body of an object

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Diameter

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34
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To enlarge, extend, or widen; to become wide like the pupil of the eye

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Dilate

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35
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To make a substance thinner or less potent; diminish in flavor or intensity

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Dilute

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36
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A separate entity; unique and separate from other things

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Discrete

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37
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Something that has been enlarged by the force of internal pressure

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Distended

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38
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A hindered function a body system or organ

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Dysfunction

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39
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To lift or make something higher; to lift in rank or title

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Elevate

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40
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The growth from a deep tissue; refers to conditions that arise from factors that are internal to an organism

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Endogenous

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41
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To cause something to become more intense in nature; especially an increase in violence or severity

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Exacerbate

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42
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Surpassing usual limitations; unnecessary indulgence

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Excess

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43
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The growth from superficial or shallow tissue; refers to conditions caused by factors that are external to an organism

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Exogenous

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44
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To open or unfold; refers to an increase in number, size, or scope; may refer to the expression of an idea in greater deprh

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Expand

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45
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Being subject to a condition or influence; making a secret fact known publicly

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Exposure

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46
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Being outside the human body; existing outside the confines of a specific space or institution

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External

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47
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Something that may cause death; relating to fate or proceeding in a manner that follows a fixed sequence of events

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Fatal

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48
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The state of tiredness brought on by labor, exertion, or stress; the tendency of a specified material to break under stress

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Fatigue

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49
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A state of not being firm; lacking vigor, force, or youthful firmness

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Flaccid

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50
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Blushing or an area of the body that becomes reddened

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Flushed

51
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Something that is wide open and exposed

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Gaping

52
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Concerning the stomach and intestines

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Gastrointestinal

53
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The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits that are associated with a specific sex

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Gender

54
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Concerning blood

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Hematologic

55
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The science of health-inducing practices; the condition or practice of activities that can maintain physical health

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Hygiene

56
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A condition in which one cannot preform or function properly; often refers to a person who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol

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Impaired

57
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Hanging overhead threateningly; bound to occur in the near future

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Impending

58
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The arrival of something at a surface; something that occurs or affects something else

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Incidence

59
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An area of body tissue that been invaded with pathogenic organisms

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Infection

60
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To incite an intensely emotional state; also refers to something that has been set on fire

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Inflamed

61
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To take into one’s mouth for digestion

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Ingest

62
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To cause something to begin or to set events in motion; as initiation, can also refer to the process through which a person is allowed entry into a club or organization

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Initiate

63
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Something or someone who is enticing but dangerous; slow-developing dangerousness

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Insidious

64
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Something that remains whole or untouched by destructive forces; having no relevant part removed or altered

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Intact

65
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Things inside of the body or the mind; something that exists within the limits and confines of something else

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Internal

66
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Tending to spread or infringe upon something; may also refer to something that will enter the human body

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Invasive

67
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Unstable; constantly undergoing a chemical or physical change or breakdown

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Labile

68
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Wound with irregular borders, knife like in appearance

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Laceration

69
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Not presently active but with the potential to become active

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Latent

70
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Sluggish, indifferent, or apathetic

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Lethargic

71
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The act of becoming outwardly visible; can refer to the occult phenomenon pf a supernatural materialization

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Manifestation

72
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Concerning the connections of the muscle and the skeleton

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Musculoskeletal

73
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Concerning the nervous system

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Neurologic

74
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Concerning the blood vessels and the nerves

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Neurovascular

75
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Something that provides nourishment

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Nutrient

76
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Closed or blocked off

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Occluded

77
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Exhibiting an omen; refers to something evil or disastrous that appears likely to occur

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Ominous

78
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In the process of occurring; continuously advancing or moving ahead

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Ongoing

79
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Spoken by the mouth; of or relating to the mouth

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Oral

80
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Something that is openly displayed or obvious

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Overt

81
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A limit or boundary; in math, it is an arbitrary value that is used to describe a statistical population

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Parameter

82
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Characterized by a sudden fit or attack of symptoms; may be a sudden emotion or uncontrollable action

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Paroxysmal

83
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A clear and easily accessible passage

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Patent

84
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Disease causing

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Pathogenic

85
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The study of diseases

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Pathology

86
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Related to the rear/back position

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Posterior

87
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Able to copulate as a male; refers to something that is chemically or medically effective

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Potent

88
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Having the possibility of becoming a reality

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Potential

89
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The act of taking care in advance; refers to measures taken in advance in order to prevent harm

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Precaution

90
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Very steep or difficult to climb or overcome

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Precipitous

91
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To dispose in advance of or to make susceptible to

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Predispose

92
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The state of existing before or previous to something else

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Pre-existing

93
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First in order; a rank of importance

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Primary

94
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The state of being before; coming first in order of date or position; a preferential rating

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Priority

95
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The possibility of recovery after the diagnosis of an illness or disease

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Prognosis

96
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An explanation regarding the principles, opinions, beliefs, or practices held by a specific party

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Rationale

97
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Something that is revisited for consideration; a thought or idea that enters ones mind for a second time

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Recur

98
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Concerning the kidneys

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Renal

99
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The act of breathing in and out of air

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Respiration

100
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To confine something or someone within specific limitations or boundaries

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Restrict

101
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To keep in ones possession; to maintain an item or person in security

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Retain

102
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The physical location of the structure; the physical space reserved for a building; the place or scene of an occurance

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Site

103
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The position or rank held in relation to others; a person or objects condition with respect to circumstances

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Status

104
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Inflexible; maintained in such a manner that cannot be changed or altered

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Strict

105
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Beneath the tongue

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Sublingual

106
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An item that completes something else

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Supplement

107
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To retain by authority or force; to omit something from memory; to keep from public knowledge

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Suppress

108
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Exhibiting symmetry; capable of being divided by a longitudinal plane into equal sections

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Symmetric

109
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The evidence of a disease or illness; the presence of a symptom is indicative of something else

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Symptom

110
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A group of symptoms that happen close together and suggest an illness or irregular condition

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Syndrome

111
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Concerning the treatment of an illness or irregular condition

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Therapeutic

112
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Passing through skin

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Transdermal

113
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Passing something from one place to another

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Transmission

114
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An injury done by an outside object

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Trauma

115
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A system that helps to determine which patients need the most care by evaluating their condition and chances of responding positively to treatment

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Triage

116
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Difficult to manage; marked by trouble or unpleasantness

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Untoward

117
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To expel urine

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Urinate

118
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Concerning the blood vessels

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Vascular

119
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Relating to or consisting of words; involving words rather meaning or substance

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Verbal

120
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A microscopic pathogen that replicates in living cells and can cause disease

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Virus

121
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Necessary or essential to the existence of life

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Vital

122
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Not occupied or empty; of no legal force or effect

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Void

123
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Printed pages bound in a book form; space occupied by a three-dimensional form; degree of loudness

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Volume

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