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Symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, communication qualifiers and statistics

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Definition
Acute   Sharp, severe; rapid onset, short not chronic  
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Anorexia   Loss of appetite  
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Antipyretic   Agent that works against fever  
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Asymptomatic   Without symptoms  
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Atrophy   Wasting away, underdeveloped  
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Bradypnea   Slow breathing  
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Central   Center of the body  
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Cheyne-Stokes respiration   Alternating shallow and deep breathing  
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Chlorocyte   Green(plant)cell  
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Chronic   Long, drawn out illness  
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Cyanoderma   Blue skin  
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Diagnosis   Identification of an illness  
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Dyspnea   Painful or difficult breathing  
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Edema   An accumulation of fluid in the tissues  
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Emesis   Products of vomiting  
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Erythremia   Abnormal increase in red blood cells  
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Generalized Hematemesis   Blood in the vomitus  
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Hyperpnea   Very fast breathing  
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Hyperpyrexia   Life-threatening high temperature  
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Leukocyte   White blood cell  
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Localized malaise   Ill in one part of the body  
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Melanocarcinoma   Black pigmented malignant tumor  
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Morbidity   Illness rate  
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Mortality   Death rate  
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Nausea   Sickness of stomach, desire to vomit  
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Palliative   Relieving symptoms but not the disease  
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Paroxysmal   Sudden periodical attack or recurrence of symptoms of disease, fit or convulsion  
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Peripheral   Outside surface of body  
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pneometer   Instrument for measuring breathing  
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Polyarthritis   Inflammation of many joints  
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Prodromal   Signs and symptoms occuring before sickness/disease (cough before a cold)  
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Prognosis   Prediction of course/outcome of an illness  
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Prophylactic   Treatment aimed at preventing disease  
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Pyretolysis   Lowering of fever  
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Pyrexia   Fever, increased body temperature  
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Respiration   Breathing  
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Symptom   Change in body functions or structure that the patient sees, hears, tastes, smells and feels  
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Symptomatic   With symptoms  
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Syndrome   Group of signs and symptoms occurring together  
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Systemic   Pertaining to all body systems, or the whole body rather than one part  
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Tachypnea   Fast breathing  
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Tinnitus   Ringing in the ears  
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Vertigo   Sensation of turning around in space or of objects moving  
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Vital Signs   Temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure  
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Xanthopsia   Yellow vision  
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