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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TINNITUS | RINGING OR BUZZING IN YOUR YEARS |
| TYMPANIC MEMBRANE | EARDRUM |
| EUSTACIAN TUBE | THE TUBE THAT LINKS THE PHARYNX TO THE MIDDLE EAR |
| SPUTUM | MUCUS COUGHED UP FROM THE LOWER AIRWAYS |
| GINGIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE GUMS |
| GLAUCOMA | PRESURE BUILDUP WITHIN THE EYES |
| CERUMEN | EARWAX |
| MUCUS | SNOT, PHLEAM, A SLIPPERY SERETION PRODUCED BY, AND COVERING, MUCOUS MEMBRANES |
| SEBUM | AN OILY SUBSTANCE SECRETED BY THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS THAT HELPS [PREVENT HAIR AND SKIN FROM DRYING OUT. |
| HIVES | WELTS ON THE SKIN FROM AN ALLERGIC REACTION |
| WHEALT | A SMALL SWELLING ON THE SKIN AS FROM AN INSECT BITE THAT USUALLY ITCHES OR BURNS |
| ULCER | OPEN SORE |
| TUMOR | SWELLING OR GROWTH, NEW CELLS FORM |
| TERATOGEN | AN AGENT WHICH CAN CAUSE A BIRTH DEFECT |
| MALIGNANT | CANCEROUS |
| CANCER | THE UNCONTROLLED GROWTH OF ABNORMAL CELLS IN THE BODY |
| BENIGN | NOT CANCEROUS |
| CARCINOGENIC | HAVING THE ABILITY TO CAUSE CANCER |
| CYTOTOXIC AGENT | BEING TOXIC TO CELLS |
| RHINITIS | RUNNY NOSE |