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Question | Answer |
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TINNITUS | RINGING OR BUZZING IN YOUR YEARS |
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE | EARDRUM |
EUSTACIAN TUBE | THE TUBE THAT LINKS THE PHARYNX TO THE MIDDLE EAR |
SPUTUM | MUCUS COUGHED UP FROM THE LOWER AIRWAYS |
GINGIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE GUMS |
GLAUCOMA | PRESURE BUILDUP WITHIN THE EYES |
CERUMEN | EARWAX |
MUCUS | SNOT, PHLEAM, A SLIPPERY SERETION PRODUCED BY, AND COVERING, MUCOUS MEMBRANES |
SEBUM | AN OILY SUBSTANCE SECRETED BY THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS THAT HELPS [PREVENT HAIR AND SKIN FROM DRYING OUT. |
HIVES | WELTS ON THE SKIN FROM AN ALLERGIC REACTION |
WHEALT | A SMALL SWELLING ON THE SKIN AS FROM AN INSECT BITE THAT USUALLY ITCHES OR BURNS |
ULCER | OPEN SORE |
TUMOR | SWELLING OR GROWTH, NEW CELLS FORM |
TERATOGEN | AN AGENT WHICH CAN CAUSE A BIRTH DEFECT |
MALIGNANT | CANCEROUS |
CANCER | THE UNCONTROLLED GROWTH OF ABNORMAL CELLS IN THE BODY |
BENIGN | NOT CANCEROUS |
CARCINOGENIC | HAVING THE ABILITY TO CAUSE CANCER |
CYTOTOXIC AGENT | BEING TOXIC TO CELLS |
RHINITIS | RUNNY NOSE |