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| ANESTHEIOLOGY | ADMINISTRATION OF AGENTS CAPABLE OF BRINGING ABOUT A LOSS OF SENSATION
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| DERMATOLOGY | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SKIN DISORDERS
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| EMERGENCY MEDICINE | CARE OF PATIENTS THAT REQUIRES SUDDEN AND IMMEDIATE ACTION
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| FAMILY PRACTICE | PRIMARY CARE OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ON A CONTINUING BASIS
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| INTERNAL MEDICINE | DIAGNOSIS OF DISORDERS AND TREATMENT WITH DRUGS
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| OPHTHALMOLOGY | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF EYE DISORDERS
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| PATHOLOGY | DIAGNOSIS OF THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF DISEASE
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| PEDIATRICS | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN'S DISORDERS
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| PSYCHIATRY | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE MIND
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| RADIOLOGY | DIAGNOSIS USING X-RAY STUDIES INCLUDING ULTRASOUNDS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
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| SURGERY | TREATMENT BY MANUAL OR OPERATIVE METHODS
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| ALLERGIST | TREATMENT OF HYPERSENSITVITY REACTIONS
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| ANESTHESIOLOGIST | ADMINISTRATION OF AGENTS FOR LOSS OF SENSATION
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| CARDIOLOGIST | TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASE
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| CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON | SURGERY ON THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS
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| COLORECTAL SURGEON | SURGERY ON THE COLON AND RECTUM
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| DERMATOLOGIST | TREATMENT OF SKIN DISORDERS
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| EMERGENCY PRATITIONER | IMMEDIATE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE INJURY AND ILLNESS IN A HOSPITAL SETTING
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| ENDOCRINOLOGIST | TREATMENT OF ENDOCRINE GLAND DISORDERS
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| FAMILY PRACTITIONER | PRIMARY CARE AND TREATMENT FOR FAMILIES ON A CONTINUING BASIS
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| GASTROENTEROLOGIST | TREATMENT OF STOMACH AND INTESTINAL DISORDERS
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| GERIATRICIAN | TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF OLD AGE
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| GYNECOLOGIST | SURGERY AND TREATMENT FOR DISEASES OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
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| HEMATOLOGIST | TREATMENT OF BLOOD DISORDERS
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| INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST | TREATMENT OF DISEASES CAUSED BY MICROORGANISMS
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| INTERNIST | COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR ADULS IN AN OFFICE OR A HOSPITAL SETTING
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| NEPHROLOGIST | TREATMENT OF KIDNEY DISEASES
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| NEUROLOGIST | TREATMENT OF NERVE DISORDERS
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| NEUROSURGEON | SURGERY ON THE BRAIN SPINAL CORD AND NERVES
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| OBSTETRICIAN | TREATMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN DELIVERY OF BABIES
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| ONCOLOGIST | DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT AND BENIGN TUMORS
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| OPHTHALMOLOGIST | SURGICAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF EYE DISORDERS
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| ORTHOPEDIST | SURGICAL TREATMENT OF BONES MUSCLES AND JOINTS
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| OTOLARYNGOLOGIST | TREATMENT OF THE EAR NOSE THROAT
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| PATHOLOGIST | DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES BY ANALYSIS OF CELLS
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| PEDIATRICIAN | TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN
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| PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION SPECIALIST | TREATMENT TO RESTORE FUNCTION AFTER ILLNESS
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| PSYCHIATRIST | TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS
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| PULMONOLOGIST | TREATMENT OF LUNG DISEASES
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| RADIOLOGIST | EXAMINATION OF X-RAY IMAGES TO DETERMINE A DIAGNOSIS INCLUDES INTERPRETATION OF ULTRASOUND MRI AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDIES AS WELL
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| RADIATION ONCOLOGIST | TREATMENT OF DISEASE WITH HIGH ENEGRY RADIATION
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| RHEUMATOLOGIST | TREATMENT OF JOINT AND MUSCLE DISORDERS
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| THORACIC SURGEON | SURGERY ON CHEST ORGANS
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| UROLOGIST | SURGERY ON THE URINARY TRACT
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| CARDI O | HEART
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| COL O | COLON
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| DERMAT O | SKIN
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| ENDOCRIN O | ENDOCRINE GLANDS
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| ENTER O | INTESTINES
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| ESTHESI O | SENSATION
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| GASTR O | STOMACH
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| GER O | OLD AGE
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| GYNEC O | WOMAN FEMALE
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| HEMAT O | BLOOD
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| IATR O | TREATMENT
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| LARYNG O | VOICE BOX
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| LYMPH O | LYMPH
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| NEPHR O | KIDNEY
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| NEUR O | NERVE
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| NOS O | DISEASE
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| OBSTETR O | MIDWIFE
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| ODONT O | TOOTH
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| ONC O | TUMOR
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| OPHTHALM O | EYE
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| OPT O | EYE
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| OPTIC O | EYE
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| ORTH O | STRAIGHT
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| OT O | EAR
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| PATH O | DISESAE
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| PED O | CHILD
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| PSYCH O | MIND
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| PULMON O | LUNG
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| RADI O | X-RAYS
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| RECT O | RECTUM
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| RHEUMAT O | FLOW FLUID
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| RHIN O | NOSE
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| THORAC O | CHEST
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| UR O | URINARY TRACT
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| VASCUL O | BLOOD VESSEL
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| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA | SUDDEN DECREASE IN BLOOD FLOW TO THE HEART
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| ANGINA | CHEST PAIN
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| ANTIARRHYTHMIC | ABNORMAL HEARTBEAT
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| CORONARY ANGIOGRAM | X-RAY RECORD OF BLOOD VESSELS SURROUNDING THE HEART
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| DIURETIC | DRUG THAT CAUSES KIDNEYS TO ALLOW MORE FLUID TO LEAVE THE BODY
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| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
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| MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | AREA OF DEAD TISSUE IN HEART MUSCLE ALSO KNOWN AS A HEART ATTACK
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| NITROGLYCERIN | DRUG THAT RELAXES MUSCLE AND OPENS BLOOD VESSELS
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| SPASM | INVOLUNTARY SUDDEN MUSCLE CONTRACTION
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| VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS | ABNORMAL HEARTBEAT
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| ANEMIC | PERTAINING TO ANEMIA
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| DYSMENORHEA | PAINFUL MENSTRUAL FLOW
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| FIBROIDS | BENIGN GROWTH OF MUSCLE TISSUE IN THE UTERUS
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| HYSTERECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE UTERUS EITHER THROUGH THE ABDOMINAL WALL OR THROUGH THE VAGINA
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| LEIOMYOMAS | BENIGN TUMOR DERIVED FROM SMOOTH MUSCLE AND MOST OFTEN OF THE UTERUS
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| MENORRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE BLEEDING FROM THE UTERUS DURING THE TIME OF MENSTRUATION
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| SONOGRAM | RECORD OF SOUND WAVES AFTER THEY BOUNCE OFF ORGANS IN THE BODY
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| ULTRASOUND | SOUND WAVES WITH GREATER FREQUENCY THAN CAN BE HEARD BY THE HUMAN EAR THIS ENERGY IS USED TO DETECT ABNORMALITIES BY BEAMING THE WAVES INTO THE BODY AND RECORDING ECHOS THAT REFLECT OFF TISSUES
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| CHEMOTHERAPY | TREATMENT WITH DRUGS CHEMOTHERAPY IS MOST OFTEN USED IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
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| DIAGNOSIS | COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF PATIENTS CONDITION
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| FATIGUE | STATE OF EXHAUSTION OR LOSS OF STRENGTH
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| HEPATIC | PERTAINING TO THE LIVER
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| HODGKIN'S DISEASE | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF LYMPH NODES
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| LYMPHADENOPATHY | DISEASE OF LYMPH NODES
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| MEDIASTINAL | PERTAINING TO THE MEDIASTINUM
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| MRI | IMAGE OF THE BODY WITH MAGNETIC AND RADIO WAVES ORGANS ARE SEEN IN THREE PLANES CORONAL FRONT TO BACK SAGITTAL SIDE TO SIDE AND TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION
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| NEEDLE BIOPSY | REMOVAL OF LIVING TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION BY INSERTING A HOLLOW NEEDLE THROUGH THE SKIN
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| PROGNOSIS | PREDICTION AS TO THE OUTCOME OF AN ILLNESS OR TREATMENT
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| RADIOTHERAPY | TREATMENT OF DISEASE CANCER WITH HIGH ENERGY XRAYS OR PARTICLES SUCH AS PHOTONS AND PROTONS ALSO CALLED RADIATION THERAPY
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| DYSURIA | PAINFUL OR DIFFICULT URINATION
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| HEMATURIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF BLOOD IN THE URINE
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| LITHOTRIPSY | PROCESS OF CRUSHING A STONE IN THE URINARY TRACT USING ULTRASONIC VIBRATIONS ALSO CALLED EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY
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| RENAL CALCULUS | KIDNEY STONE
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| SYMPTOMS | SIGN OR INDICATION OF SOMETHING
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| URETER | ONE OF TWO TUBES THAT LEAD FROM THE KIDNEY TO THE URINARY BLADDER
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| ABDOMINAL | PERTAINING TO THE ABDOMEN
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| ANEMIC | PERTAINING TO ANEMIA
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| BARIUM | SUBSTANCE USED AS A RADIOPAQUE CONTRAST MEDIUM FOR XRAY EXAMINATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT
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| DYSPEPSIA | PAINFUL DIGESTION
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| GASTRECTOMY | EXCISION OF THE STOMACH
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| GASTROSCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE STOMACH
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| HEMATEMSIS | VOMITTING OF BLOOD
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| ULCER | SORE OR DEFECT IN THE SURFACE OF AN ORGAN ULCERS ARE PRODUCED BY DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE
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| UPPER GI SERIES | BARIUM IS SWALLOWED AND XRAY IMAGES ARE TAKEN OF THE ESOPHAGUS STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE
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| AORTA | LARGEST ARTERY WHICH LEADS FROM THE LOWER LEFT CHAMBER OF THE HEART TO ARTERIES ALL OVER THE BODY
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| CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR CARCINOMAS FORM FROM EPITELIAL CELLS WHICH LINE THE INTERNAL ORGANS AND COVER THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY
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| CT SCAN | COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY
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| HILUM | DEPRESSION AT THAT PART OF AN ORGAN WHERE BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES ENTER
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| LATERAL | PERTAINING TO THE SIDE
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| MEDIASTINAL | PERTAINING TO THE MEDIASTINUM
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| POSTEROANTERIOR | PERTAINING TO DIRECTION FROM BACK TO FRONT
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| PULMONARY ARTERY | ARTERY CARRYING BLOOD FROM THE RIGHT VENRICLE TO THE LUNGS
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| CALLUS | BONY DEPOSIT FORMED BETWEEN AND AROUND THE BROKEN ENDS OF A FRACTURED BONE
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| FEMUR | THIGH BONE
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| FIBULA | SMALLER LOWER LEG BONE
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| FIXATION | ACT OF HOLDING SEWING FASTENING APART IN A FIXED POSITION
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| FRACTURE | BREAKING OF THE BONE
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| INTRA-ABDOMINAL | WITHIN THE ABDOMEN
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| PELVIS | LOWER PART OF THE TRUNK OF THE BODY INCLUDING THE HIP BONE TAILBONE AND SACRUM
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| ANTIHYPERTENSIVE | DRUG THAT REDUCES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
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| ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA | AN ABNORMAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AN ARTERY AND A VEIN
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| CHRONIC | LASTING A LONG TIME
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| HEMODIALYSIS | USE OF A KIDNEY MACHINE TO FILTER BLOOD TO REMOVE WASTE MATERIALS SUCH AS UREA BLOOD LEAVES THE BODY ENTERS THE MACHINE AND IS CARRIED BACK TO THE BODY THROUGH A CATHETER
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| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
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| HYPOTENSIVE | LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
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| RENAL FAILURE | KIDNEYS NO LONGER FUNCTION
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| INSULIN PUMP | PORTABLE BATTERY POWERED DEVICE THAT DELIVERS INSULIN THROUGH THE ABDOMINAL WALL IN MEASURED AMOUNTS
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| POLYDIPSIA | EXCESSIVE THRIST
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| POLYURIA | EXCESSIVE URINATION
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| TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS | LACK OF INSULIN PATIENTS NEED INJECTIONS OF INSULIN
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| ACUTE | SHARP SUDDEN AND INTENSE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
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| AURA | STRANGE SENSATION COMING BEFORE MORE DEFINITE ILLNESS
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| CEPHALGIA | HEADACHE
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| DILATION | WIDENING DILATATION
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| FRONTAL | PERTAINING TO THE FRONT
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| MIGRAINE | ATTACK OF HEADACHE USUALLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE HEAD CAUSED BY CHANGES IN BLOOD VESSELS SIZE AND ACCOMPANIED BY NAUSEA VOMITTING AND SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT
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| NAUESA | UNPLEASANT SENSATION IN THE UPPER ABDOMEN OFTEN LEADING TO VOMITTING
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| SCOTOMA | DEFECT IN VISION IN A DEFINED AREA BLIND SPOT
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| UNILATERAL | PERTAINING TO ONE SIDE
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| VASOCONSTRICTOR | DRUG THAT NARROWS BLOOD VESSELS ESPECIALLY SMALL ARTERIES
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| ANTICOAGULANT | DRUG PREVENTS CLOTIING
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| PERIODONTIST | GUMS
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| ENDODONTIST | ROOT CANAL THERAPY THE ROOT CANAL IS THE INNER PART OF THE TOOTH CONTAINING BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES
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| PEDODONTIST | CHILDREN
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| PROSTHODONTIST | REPLACEMENT OF MISSING TEETH WITH ARTIFICIAL APPLIANCES
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