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3RD QUARTER

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ABDOMINAL HERNIA   TEAR IN THE MUSCULAR ABDOMINAL WALL  
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ADHESION   SCAR TISSUE FORMS AND LOOPS OF THE BOWEL ADHERE TOGETHER  
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ANASARCA   GENERALIZED MASSIVE EDEMA  
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ANEMIA   DECREASE IN RBC, HEMOGLOBIN OR BOTH  
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PRIMARY ANEMIA   DECREASE PRODUCTION  
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SECONDARY ANEMIA   DESTRUCTION OF RBC  
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PERNICIOUS ANEMIA   RED, PAINFUL TONGUE  
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APLASTIC ANEMIA (PRIMARY)   STOPPAGE OF BLOOD CELL FORMATION IN BONE MARROW  
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SICKLE CELL ANEMIA (SECONDARY)   genetic defect in manufacture of hemoglobin  
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ANEURYSM   BLOOD FILLED SACLIKE DILATION OF THE WALL OF AN ARTERY  
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CEREBRAL ANEURYSM   STROKE  
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AORTA ANEURYSM   SYPHILLIS  
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DISSECTING ANEURYSM   SEPARATION BETWEEN THE WALL OF AN ARTERY  
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SACCULAR ANEURYSYM   BULGING SAC  
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FUSIFORM ANEURYSM   SWELLING AROUND ENTIRE ARTERY  
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APHTHOUS STOMATITIS   AKA CANKER SORES TINY WHIULCERS THAT FORM IN THE MOUTH  
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APPENDICITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX  
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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS   HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES  
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ARTERITIS   INFLAMMATION INVOLVING ARTERIES  
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ASCITES   EDEMA IN THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY  
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ATHEROSCLEROSIS   PLAQUE IN THE WALLS OF ARTERIES  
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BILE   CONTAINS BILIRUBIN, BILIRUBIN CAUSES JAUNDICE  
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BLOOD PRESSURE   RESISTANCE OF BLOOD FLOW *SYSTOLIC # IS 1ST DIASTOLIC (FILL BACK UP WITH BLOOD) IS 2ND  
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BRADYCARDIA   SLOW HEART BEAT  
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CARCINOMA   MALIGNANT TUMOR  
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CARDIOMYOPATHY   DISEASE OF THE HEART MUSCLE  
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CHOLANGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BILE DUCTS  
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CHOLECYSTITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE GALLBLADDER  
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CHOLELITHIASIS   FORMATION OF GALL STONES  
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CIRCULATORY SHOCK   REDUCTION OF BLOOD FLOW IN THE BODY  
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CIRRHOSIS   A DEGENRATION/ATROPHY OF THE PARENCHYMA CELLS OF AN ORGAN WITH HYPERTROPHY OF THE INTERSTIAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CAUSES SEVER LIVER PROBLEMS  
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COAGULATION   BLOOD CLOT FORMING  
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COLD SORES/ FEVER BLISTERS   CAUSED BY HERPES SIMPLEX 1  
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COLITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE COLON  
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CONGENITAL DISEASE   BEGINS BEFORE BIRTH  
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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE   HEART IS NOT ABLE TO PUMP BLOOD ADEQUATELY TO MEET THE BODY'S NEEDS. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: RIGHT SIDE OF HEART=SWOLLEN ANKLES LEFT SIDE OF HEART= CONGESTION IN LUNGS  
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CYANOSIS   BLUISH APPEARANCE OF THE SKIN FROM DEFICIENT OXYGENATION OF BLOOD  
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CYSTITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER  
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DEFIBULATE   PUT BACK INTO SINUS RHYTHM  
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DEFICIENCY   DISEASE DUE TO LACK OF DIETARY SUBSTANCE  
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DEHYDRATION   AKA DESSICATION; DECREAS IN TOTAL BODY FLUID  
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PATHWAY   PHARYNX, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINE, CECUM(CONNECTS SMALL/LARGE INTESTINE TOGETHER), LARGE INTESTINE, COLON RECTUM, ANUS  
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DILATION   INCREASE IN SIZE OF HEART DUE TO STRETCHING OF MUSCLE FIBERS  
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DIVERTICULA   SINGULAR SMALL SAC IN WALLS OF HOLLOW ORGANS  
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DIVERICULITITIS   INFLAMMATION OF DIVERTICULA  
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DIVERTICULOSIS   THE PRESENCE OF A # OF DIVERTICULA OF THE INTESTINE  
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DRY GANGRENE   WHEN THE BODY THAT DIES HAD LITTLE BLOOD AND REMAINS ASEPTIC. OCCURS WHEN THE ARTERIES (NOT THE VEINS) ARE OBSTRUCTED  
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ECCHYMOSIS   BRUISE; PURPLISH PATCH CAUSE BY EXTRAVASATION OF BLOOD INTO THE SKIN  
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EDEMA   AKA DROPSY; EXCESSIVE FLUID IN TISSUES  
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EMBOLISM   FOREIGN MATTER CARRIED IN THE BLOODSTREAM  
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ENDOCARDITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE ENDOCARDIUM (LINING OF THE HEART)  
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ENTERITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINE  
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EPISTAXIS   NOSEBLEED  
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ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS   (SECONDARY ANEMIA) MOTHER WHO IS RH- CARRIES A CHILD WHO IS RH+  
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ERYTHROBLASTS   IMMATURE RBC  
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ERYTHROCYTES   RED BLOOD CELLS (RBC)  
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ERYTHROCYTOSIS   INCREASE IN RBC (PHYSIOLOGICAL)  
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ESOPHAGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS *ACUTE=OVER EATING CHRONIC=GERD  
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EXUDATE   FLUID EXUDING FROM BLOOD BESSELS AND DEPOSITED IN TISSUES DUE TO INFLAMMATION  
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FIBULATE   CONTRACTION IS ERRATIC AND THE BLOOD MOVES AS DESIGNED  
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FORMEN OVALE   IN ATRIAL SEPTUM OF FETUS; BYPASS ALLOWS BLOOD FLOW FROM RIGHT ATRIUM DIRECTLY INTO LEFT ATRIUM; PLACENTS IS RESPIRATORY ORGAN FOR FETUS  
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GANGRENE   NECROSIS COMBINED WITH PUTREFACTON  
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GASTRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH  
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GINGIVITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE GIGIVAL TISSUE IN THE MOUTH  
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GLOSSITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE TONGUE  
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HEART   PLUMP, MUSCULAR ORGAN THAT HAS 3 PARTS  
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3 PARTS OF THE HEART   ENDOCARDIUM, MYOCARDIUM, EPICARDIUM  
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ENDOCARDIUM   INNER LAYER OF HEART  
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MYOCARDIUM   MIDDLE MUSCLE LAYER  
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EPICARDIUM   OUTER LAYER  
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PERIDCARDIUM   DOUBLE LAYERED SAC COVERING THE HEART  
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ATRIUM   RECEIVING CHAMBER OF OXYGEN POOR BLOOD  
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VENTRICLES   PUMPING CHAMBER FOR OXYGEN RICH BLOOD  
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HEMAPERICARDIUM   BLEEDING INTO PERICARDIAL CAVITY  
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HEMAPERITONEUM   BLEEDING INTO PERITONEAL CAVITY  
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HEMATEMESIS   VOMITTING OF BLOOD  
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HEMATOMA   BLOOD CYST  
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HEMOGLOBINOPATHY   MAKING WRONG PROTEIN; SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR HEMOGLOBIN  
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HEMOPHILIA   INHERITED HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE, SPONTANEOUS BLEEDING  
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HEMOPTYSIS   BLEEDING FROM THE LUNGS OR BRONCHIAL TUBES  
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HEMORRHAGE   BLEEDING, FLOW OF BLOOD  
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HEMORRHOIDS   VARICOSE VEINS IN THE RECTUM  
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HEMOTHORAX   BLEEDING IN TO THE PLEURAL CAVITY  
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HEPATITIS A   AKA INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS (HAV)-FOOD/WATER BORNE ILLNESS  
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HEPATITIS B   AKA SERUM HEPATITIS (HVB)-BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN THROUGH BODY FLUIDS  
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HEPATITIS C (HCV)   AKA NON-A NON-B "SILENT EPIDEMIC" KILLING MORE PEOPLE THAN AIDS IN THE USA  
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HEPATITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER  
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HERNIA   PROTRUSION OF AN ORGAN THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE CAVITY IN WHICH IT IS CONTAINED  
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UMBILICAL HERNIA   OCCURS IN INFANTS  
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HIATAL HERNIA   STOMACH PART THROUGH THE ESOPHAGEAL  
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STANGULATED HERNIA   BLOOD SUPPLY IS PINCHED OFF RESULTING IN NECROSIS AND GANGRENE  
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INGUIRAL HERNIA   GROIN AREA  
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HYDROPERICARDIUM   ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID WITHIN THE PERICARDIAL SAC  
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HYDROTHORAX   NON INFLAMMATORY EFFUSION OF SEROUS FLUID IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY  
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HYPEREMIA   AKA CONGESTION; INCREASED AMOUNT OF BLOOD IN A PART  
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ACTIVE HYPEREMIA   PURPOSEFULLY PUT PHYSIOLOGICAL -EXERCISE PATHOLOGICAL-INJURY  
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PASSIVE HYPEREMIA   (ALWAYS PATHOLOGICAL)-VENOUS DRAINAGE FROM AN AREA IS DECREASE; BLOOD CLOTS  
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HYPERTENSION   HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE  
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HYPOSTATIC CONGESTION   BLOOD SETTLES IN THE DEPENDENT PARTS OF THE LIVING BODY  
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IDIOPATHIC   SPONTANEOUS DISEASE WITHOUT RECOGNIZABLE CAUSE  
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INFARCTION   NECROSIS IN A TISSUE CAUSED BY OBSTRUCTION IN THE ARTERY SUPPLYING THE AREA  
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INFLAMMATION   MORBID CHANGE PRODUCED IN THE TISSUES BY IRRITANT  
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INTUSSUSCEPTION   SLIPPING/TELESCOPING OF INTESTINE  
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ISCHEMIA   LOCAL ANEMIA; TEMPORARY LACK OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO AN AREA  
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JAUNDICE   YELLOWISH STAINING; EXCRETIONS OF BILE PIGMENTS  
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LARGE INTESTINE   ASCENDING COLONG, TRANSVERSE COLON, DESCENDING COLON, SIGMOID COLON  
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LEUCOCYTOSIS   INCREASE OF WBC IN THE BLOOD  
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LEUKEMIA   AKA "WHITE BLOOD" THE WBC GROWTH/DEVELOPMENT IS OUT OF CONTROL  
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LEUKOCYTES   WHITE BLOOD CELLS *5 KIND (NEVER LET MONKEYS EAT BANANAS)  
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LEUKOPENIA   LOW WBC COUNT;OPPOSITE OF LEUKMIA  
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LIVER   MOST COMPLEX, HAS 3 LOBES, SECRETES BILE, STORES EXCESS GLUCOSE, DETOX BODY  
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MELENA   TARRY FECES, BLACK VOMIT  
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MENINGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANES OF THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD  
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MOIST (WET) GANGRENE   NECROTIC TISSUE THAT IS WET, AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE VENOUS DRAINAGE; INVASION OF SAPROPHYTIC BACTERIA  
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MUCOUS PATCHES   INFLAMMATORY LESIONS IN THE MOUTH (CAUSED BY TREPONEMA PALLIDUM)  
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MYELITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD OR THE BONE MARROW  
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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION   HEART ATTACK; DAMAGE TO THE MYOCARDIUM  
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MYOCARDITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE MUSCULAR WALLS OF THE HEART  
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OCCLUSION   BLOCKING OFF/CLOSING OFF  
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PANCREATITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS (IDIOPATHIC)  
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PARLYSIS   LACK OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE INTESTINE  
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PAROXYSMAL   COMES AND GOES  
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PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS   OPENING BETWEEN THE PULMONARY AND AORTA, FAILURE TO CLOSE  
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PEPTIC ULCER   IN MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF STOMACH OR DUODENUM; CAUSED BY THE ACTION OF HIGHLY ACIDIC GASTRIC JUICE  
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PERICARDITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PERICARDIUM  
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PERITONITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUM (LINING OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY)  
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PETECHIA   PINHEAD RED SPOT DUE TO LEAKAGE OF THE CAPILLARY  
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PHARYNGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PHARYNX  
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PHLEBITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE VEIN  
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PLATELETS   THROMBOCYTES  
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POLYCYTHEMIA VERA   INCREASE IN TOTOAL RBC MASS  
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PREDISPOSING FACTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   HEREDITY, OBESITY, DIET, DIABETES, STRESS, ADDICTIONS  
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PROCTITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE RECTUM  
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PROLAPSE   TURNING BACKWARDS INTO ATRIUM AFFECTING THE MITRAL/BICUSPID VALVE  
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PURPURA   AN AFFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY HEMORRHAGE INTO THE SKIN  
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PYELITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PELVIS OF THE KIDNEY  
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RHEUMATIC FEVER   FEBRILE, SYSTEMATIC, CAUSES ASCHOFFS BODIES (SMALL NODULES), USUALLY IN MITRAL VALVE  
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RHINITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE NASAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE  
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SEPTAL DEFECT   MOST COMMON MIXING OF BLOOD BETWEEN RIGHT/LEFT SIDES FO THE HEART BECAUSE OF HOLE  
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SINUSITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUS CAVITITES  
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SMALL INTESTINE   DUODENUM, JEJUNUM,ILEUM  
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STENOSIS   NARROWING OF ANY CANAL/VALVE  
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STOMATITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH  
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SYNCOPE   FAINTING; MILD FORM OF SHOCK  
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TACHYCARDIA   RAPID HEART BEAT  
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THROMBOCYTOPENIA   DECREASED PLATELETS IN THE BLOOD  
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THROMBOSIS   FORMATION OF A CLOT IN A BLOOD VESSEL  
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THRUSH   FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE MOUTH *CAUSED BY CANDIDA ALBICANS  
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TONSILITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS  
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ULCER   A LESION OF A CUTANEOUS OR MUCOUS SURFACE  
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VARICOSE VEIN   VARICES, VEINS DIALATED AND TORTUOUS  
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VOLVULUS   TWISTING LOOP OF INTESTINES  
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INTESTINAL INFECTIONS   AMOEBIC DYSENTERY, TYPHOID FEVER, BACILLARY DYSENTERY, TUBERCULOSIS  
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CAUSES OF FOOD POISONING   STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS, CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM  
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A -PREFIX   WITHOUT OR NOT  
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ACRO -PREFIX   EXTREMITY  
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ADENO -PREFIX   GLAND  
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AN -PREFIX   WITHOUT  
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ANTE -PREFIX   BEFORE  
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ANTI -PREFIX   AGAINST  
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ARTHRO -PREFIX   JOINT  
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AUTO -PREFIX   SELF  
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BIO -PRFIX   LIFE  
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CHOL -PRFIX   BILE  
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CYST -PREFIX   BLADDER  
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DIA -PREFIX   THROUGH  
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DYS -PREFIX   DIFFICULT  
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EN -PREFIX   IN  
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ENDO -PREFIX   WITHIN  
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ENTERO -PREFIX   INTESTINE  
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EPI -PREFIX   UPON  
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EX -PREFIX   OUT OF  
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HEM, HEMO -PREFIX   BLOOD  
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HETERO -PREFIX   DISSIMILAR  
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HOMEO -PREFIX   SIMILAR  
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HYDRO -PREFIX   WATER  
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HYPER -PREFIX   ABOVE OR EXCESS  
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HYPO -PREFIX   DEFICIENCY OR BENEATH  
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HYSTER -PREFIX   UTERUS  
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INFRA -PREFIX   BELOW  
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INTER -PREFIX   WITHIN  
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LEUKO -PREFIX   WHITE  
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MACRO -PREFIX   LARGE  
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MAL -PREFIX   BAD  
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MAST -PREFIX   BREAST  
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MEGA -PREFIX   GREAT  
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MELAN -PREFIX   THICK  
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MEN -PREFIX   MONTH  
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MICRO -PREFIX   SMALL  
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MYO -PREFIX   MUSCLE  
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MYX -PREFIX   MUCUS  
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NECRO -PREFIX   DEATH  
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NEO -PREFIX   NEW  
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NEPHR -PREFIX   KIDNEY  
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OLIGO -PREFIX   FEW  
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OSTEO -PREFIX   BONE  
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PERI -PREFIX   AROUND  
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PHAGO -PREFIX   TO EAT  
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PHLEB -PREFIX   VEIN  
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POLIO -PREFIX   GRAY  
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POLY -PREFIX   MANY, EXCESS  
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POST -PREFIX   AFTER  
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PRO -PREFIX   BEFORE  
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PSEUDO -PREFIX   FALSE  
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PYO -PREFIX   PUS  
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SYN -PREFIX   TOGETHER WITH  
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XANTHO -PREFIX   YELLOW  
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ALGIA   PAIN  
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ANGIO   VESSEL  
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ASE   ENZYME  
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CELE   A PROTRUSION  
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CENTESIS   PERFORATING  
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CHOLE   BILE  
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ECTASIS   DILATE  
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EXTOMY   REMOVAL OF  
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EMESIS   VOMIT  
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EMIA   BLOOD  
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ESTHESIA   SENSATION  
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GENESIS   GENERATION OF  
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IASIS   A PROCESS  
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ITIS   INFLAMMATION OF  
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LITH   STONE  
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LYSIS   TO DISSOLVE  
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MALACIA   SOFTENING  
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MEGALY   LARGE  
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ODYNIA   PAIN  
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OID   LIKE  
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OMA   TUMOR  
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OSIS   FULL OFF  
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OSTOMY   MOUTH  
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PATHY   DISEASE  
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PENIA   POVERTY, DECREASE  
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PHILA   AFFINITY FOR  
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PLASIA   TO FORM  
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PLEGIA   PARALYSIS  
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PNEA   BREATH  
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PTOSIS   FALLING  
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RHAGIA   BURSTING FORTH  
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RHEA   FLOW  
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SCLEROSIS   HARDENING  
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STASIS   STANDING STILL  
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TROPHY   NOURISH  
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URIA   RELATING TO URINE  
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