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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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3
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Sudden, intense

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Acute

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The 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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7
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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 smg is not advisable or shouldn’t be done

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Contradiction

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24
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Having or causing convulsions

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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 smg

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Deficit

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28
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Press downward

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Depress

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29
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Downward measurement from as surface

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Depth

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30
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Worsening

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Deteriorating

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31
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Tool or piece of equipment

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Device

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32
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Identification of an injury or disease

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Diagnosis

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33
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To enlarge or expand

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Dilate

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34
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To make liquid less concentrated

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Dilute

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35
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Distinct, separate

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Discrete

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36
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Distant; away from the center

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Distal

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37
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Enlarged or expanded from pressure

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Distended

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38
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Impaired or abnormal functioning

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Dysfunction

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39
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Ability to share what others are feeling

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Empathy

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40
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Balance

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Equilibrium

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41
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The origin or cause of a disease or condition

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Etiology

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42
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To make worse or more severe

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Exacerbate

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43
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To increase in size or amount

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Expand

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44
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To come in contact

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Exposure

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45
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Lengthening,unbending joint

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Extension

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46
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Located outside of the body

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External

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47
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Resulting in death

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Fatal

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48
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Extreme tiredness, exhaustion

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Fatigue

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49
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Bending a joint

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Flexion

50
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Reddened or ruddy appearance

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Flushed

51
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Of or relating to the stomach and intestines

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Gastrointestinal

52
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Of or relating to blood

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Hematologic

53
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Maintenance of body fluid balance

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Hydration

54
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Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health

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Hygiene

55
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Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level

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Impaired

56
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Occurring in the near future, about to happen

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Impending

57
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Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through

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Impervious

58
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To suggest without explicitly stating

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Imply

59
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Occurrence

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Incidence

60
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Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms

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Infection

61
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To conclude or deduce

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Infer

62
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Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender

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Inflamed

63
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To swallow for digestion

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Ingest

64
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To begin it out into practice

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Initiate

65
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So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time

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Insidious

66
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In place, unharmed

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Intact

67
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Located within the body

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Internal

68
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Inserting or entering into a body part

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Invasive

69
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Of or related to movement

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Kinetic

70
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Changing rapidly and often

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Labile

71
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Cut; tear

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Laceration

72
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Present but not active or visible

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Latent

73
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On the side

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Lateral

74
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Difficult to arouse

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Lethargic

75
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An indication or sign of a condition

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Manifestation

76
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Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels

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Neurovascular

77
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Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment

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Nutrient

78
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Closed or obstructed

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Occluded

79
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Continuous

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Ongoing

80
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Of the ear

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Otic

81
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A characteristic or constant factor; limit

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Parameter

82
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Open

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Patent

83
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Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality

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Pathology

84
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Located behind; in the back

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Posterior

85
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Producing a strong effect

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Potent

86
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Capable of occurring or likely to occur

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Potential

87
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Preventative measure

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Precaution

88
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Rapid, uncontrolled

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Precipitous

89
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To make more susceptible or more likely to occur

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Predispose

90
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Already present

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Preexisting

91
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First or more significant

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Primary

92
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Of great importance

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Priority

93
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The anticipated or expected course or outcome

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Prognosis

94
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The underlying reason

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Rationale

95
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To occur again

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Recur

96
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Of or relation to the kidneys

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Renal

97
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Inhalation and exhalation of air

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Respiration

98
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To limit

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Restrict

99
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To hold or keep

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Retain

100
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Calm, tranquil

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Serene

101
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Condition

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Status

102
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Under the tongue

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Sublingual

103
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To take in addition to or to complete

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Supplement

104
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To stop or subdue

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Suppress

105
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Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position

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Symmetric

106
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An indication if a problem

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Symptom

107
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Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder

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Syndrome

108
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Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder

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Therapeutic

109
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Causing harm, poisonous

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Toxic

110
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Crossing through the skin

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Transdermal

111
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Transfer, such as disease, from one person to the other

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Transmission

112
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Injury, wound

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Trauma

113
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Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patents according to the severity of a patients condition and the likelihood of benefit from the treatment

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Triage

114
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Being or seeming to be everywhere at once

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Ubiquitous

115
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Of or relating to the blood vessels

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Vascular

116
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Spoken, using words

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Verbal

117
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Extremely harmful or severe

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Virulent

118
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Microscopic infectious agent capable of replication only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease

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Virus

119
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Essential

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Vital

120
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Amount of space occupied by a fluid

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Volume

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