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Anatomical Terms
| conjunctiva | delicate membrane lining the eyelid and covering the eyeball |
| contusion | a mechanical injury causing hemorrhages beneath unbroken skin; bruise |
| cornea | transparent coat of the eyeball covering the iris and pupil, allowing light into the eye |
| crepitance | a crackling or grating sound, usually of bones |
| cyanotic | pertaining to a bluish or slate-like skin color |
| dehiscence | a separation of layers, usually of a surgical incision |
| dentition | the teeth in situ or in the dental arch |
| dermis | true skin, beneath the epidermis |
| diaphoresis | excessive or profuse sweating or perspiration |
| diarrhea | an abnormal, frequent discharge of fluid fecal matter from the bowel |
| differential diagnosis | a diagnosis of symptoms of two or more diseases by comparison |
| dorsiflexion | backward flexion, as in bending backward either a hand or foot |
| dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation |
| dyspareunia | painful intercourse |
| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
| dyspnea | difficult and labored breathing, SOB |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| ecchymosis | hemorrhagic, non-elevated, irregularly-formed, discolored area of skin caused by the seepage of blood beneath the epidermis (a bruise)! |
| edema | swelling of body tissues due to an excessive accumulation of fluid in connective tissue or a serous cavity |
| edentulous | without teeth |
| emaciate | to become extremely thin or lean; wasting |
| embolism | obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot of blood or foreign substance |
| emesis | vomit |
| epistaxis | hemorrhage from the nose; nose bleeding |
| euthymic | pertaining to a normal mood in which the range of emotions is neither depressed nor highly elevated |
| exudate | a fluid with a high content of protein and cellular debris which has escaped from blood vessels and has been deposited in tissues or on tissue surfaces, usually as a result of inflammation |
| fascia | fibrous membrane of connective tissue, supporting and separating muscles and body organs |
| febrile | with fever |
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