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| aspexia | Condition caused by insufficient of o2
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| asytole | cardiac standstill; absence of electrical activity & contractions of the heart evidence on the surface ECG as a flat line during cardiac arrest
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| auscultation | listening for sounds within the body,esp form the chest, neck, or abdomen; typically a stethoscope is used.
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| callus | Refers to callosity which is a circumscribed thickening & hypertrophy of the horny layer of skin; maybe oval or elongated, gray or brown, slightly elevated, with a smooth burnished surface.
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| catheter | a tube passed within the body for evacuating fluids or injecting them into body cavities. It may be made of elastic, elastic web, rubber, glass, metal, or plastic.
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| abscess | an abscess is a collection of pus in any part of the body that most cases causes swelling and inflammation around it.
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| adolescence | the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult, commonly referred to as between the ages of 13 and 19
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| alimentation | giving or receiving of nourishment, by IV, oral rectally and or injection.
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| Alopecia | Alopecia simply means hair loss
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| Alzheimer | Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia a neurologic disease characterized by loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living.
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| diabetes mellitus | a variable of carbohydrates caused by a combination of heredity and nviornmental factors and usually characterized by inadequate secreation of insulin by excessive urine production by excessive amounts of sugar in the blood and urine and by thirst hunger
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| diaphoresis | profuse perspiration
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| diaphragm | a body postion of muscle and connective tissue
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| Dilatation | the condition of being strectched beyond dimensions especially as a result of overwork or disease or of abnormal relaxation
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| diphtheria | An acute febrile contagious disease typically marked by the formation of a false membrane especially in the throat and caused by a bacterium of the genus corynebacterium
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| Eczema | A general term for an itchy red ash that initially weeps or oozes serum and may become crusted, thickened or scaly eczema may result from various causes including allergies irritating chemicals drugs scratching or rubbing the skin
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| effusion | Escape of fluid into a part as the pleural cavity such as pus serum lymph air or a combination
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| elicit | to draw forth or bring out
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| epididymitis | Inflamation of the epididymis a small oblong organ resting on the beside the posterior surface of the testis the first part of the secretory duct of each restis
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| fascia | A fibrous membrane covering a supporting and separating muscles the subcutaneous tissue that connects the skin to the muscles
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| flaccid | lacking firmness resilience or muscle tone.
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| gall bladder | the gallbladder is a small pouch that sits under the liver the gall bladder stores bile produced by the liver
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| gangrene | gangrene is the depth of tissue in th epart of the body gangrene happens when a body part loses ints blood supply
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| gauge | normally refers to aninsturment used for or a means of measuring of testing
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| gonorrhea | gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted infection (sti) or std Sexcually transmitted disease
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| hemoptysis | hemoptysis is the spitting of blood that orginated in th elungs or bronchial tubes
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| hemorrhoid | hemorrhoid are painful swollen veins in the lower portion of the rectum or anus can be internal or external very common especially during the pregnancy and after childbirth
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| humerus | the humerus is the arm bone most folks call iy yhe upper arm bone
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| hygiene | hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of disease
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| icterus | AKA jaundice is a yellow color of the skin mucus membranes or the eyes the yellow coloring comes from bilirubin a byproduct of old red blood cells.
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| Palliative | palliative care pronounced is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses
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| palpate | to palpate is to examine with the hands by pressing your doctor might palpate your abdomen if you have a pain in your stomach
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| palpitation | palpitation is an abnormality of heartbeat that ranges from often unnoticed skipped beats or accelerated heartrate
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| perineum | the area between the anus and the scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva in the female
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| perisosteum | dense fibrous membrane covering the surfaces of bones consisting of an outer fibrous layer and an inner cellular layer.
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| menstruation | to discharge the menses
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| oophorectomy | excision surgical removal of an ovary
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| ophthalmology | study of the yes and their diseases
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| orthopnea | labored breathing with lying flat relieved by sitting upright symptom of heart faliure
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| pacemaker | An artificial device for stimulating the heart muscles and regulating its contractions.
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| peritoneum | the peritoneal is a semi-permeable membrane that lines the abdominal wall and covers the abdominal organs
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| peroneal | of or relating to the fibula or to the outer portion of the leg
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| prosthesis | providing realistic custom prosthetics for patients with anatomical loss due to trauma disease or congenital conditions
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| prostate | the prostate is a walnut-sized gland located between the bladder and the penis just in front of the rectum
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| protocol | the rules of correct or appreciate behavior of a group organization or profession
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| pruritus | pruritus is a skin condition in which a person faces severe impulse of itch
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| rhythm | rhythm is he repetition or alternation of elements
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| sagittal | relating to the suture uniting the two parietal bones of the skull
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| sedentary | a sedentary lifestyle is a type of lifestyle with no irregular physical activity
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| sequela | an aftereffect of disease condition or injury
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| sieve | a meshed or perforated device for separating fine particles from coarser ones
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| spleen | the spleen is a lymphatic organ interposed in the blood stream.
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| splenectomy | removal of the spleen through several small incisions
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| supersede | to replace in power authority effectiveness acceptance use by another person or thing
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| syncope | the medical term for fainting or passing out
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| analyze | to examine methodically by seperatin into parts and studying their interrelations
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| aneurysm | Alocalized pathological blood filled dilation of a blood vessel caused by a disease or weakening of the vessels wall
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| anorexia | loss of appetite especially as a result of disease
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| arrhytmia | Any abnormality in the rhythm of the heartbeat also referred to as dysrhythmia
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| ascites | An abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity
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| melanin | any various black dark brown reddish brown or yellow pigments of the animal or plant structures skin hair the choroid
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| ischemia | defiecient supply of blood to a body part as the heart or the brain that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood
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| intussusception | the slipping of a length of intestine into an adjacent portion usually producing obstruction the deposition of new particles of formative material among those already embodied in a tissue or structure as the growth as in the growth of living organisms
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| intraocular | implanted in occurring withing or administered by entering the eyeball
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| inoculate | to introduce immunoliogically active material as an antibody or antigen into especially in order to treat or prevent of a disease
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