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Muscular system, digestion system

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Definition
ABDUCTION   MOVEMENT OF LIMB AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY  
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ADDUCTION   MOVEMENT OF LIMB TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY  
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ANTIEMETIC   MEDICINE TO PREVENT OR RELEIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING  
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ASCITES   ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF SEROUS FLUID IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY  
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ATAXIA   LACK OF MUSCLE CORDINATION DURING INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT  
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BI-   TWICE, DOUBLE,TWO  
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BRADYKINESIA   EXTREME SLOWNESS IN MOVEMENT  
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CACHEXIA   PHYSICAL WASTING AWAY DUE TO THE LOSS OF WEIGHT AND MUSCLE MASS  
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-CELE   HERNIA, TUMOR, SWELLING  
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CHOLANGITIS   INFECTION OF THE BILE DUCT  
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CHOLECYSTECTOMY   SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE GALL BLADDER  
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CHOLECYSTITIS   INFLAMATION OF THE GALL BLADDER  
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CHOLETHIASIS   GALL STONES IN GALLBLADDER OR BILE DUCT  
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CIRCUMDUCTION   CIRCULAR MOVEMENT AT THE FAR END OF THE LIMB  
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COLONOSCOPY   VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE INNER COLON FROM THE RECTUM TO THE CECUM  
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DTR   DEEP TENDON REFLEXES  
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DIVERTICULITIS   INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION OF DIVERTICULUM IN COLON  
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DORSIFLEXTION   MOVEMENT THAT BENDS THE FOOT UPWARD AT THE ANKLE  
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DYS-   BAD, PAINFUL, DIFFICULT  
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DYSKINESIA   IMPAIRMENT OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, TICK OR SPASM  
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DYSPHAGIA   DIFFICULT IN SWALLOWING  
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DYSTONIA   IMPAIRMENT OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOVEMENT  
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-ECTOMY   SURGICAL REMOVAL  
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EMG   ELECTROMYOGRAPHY  
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ENTER/O   SMALL INTESTINE  
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ENTERITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE  
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EPICONDYLITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE TISSUE SURROUNDING THE ELBOW  
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ESOPHAG/O   ESOPHAGUS  
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FASCI/O   FASCIA, FIBROUS BAND  
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FASCIITIS   INFLAMMATION OF A FASCIA  
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FIBR/O   FIBROUS TISSUE, FIBER  
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GASTR/O   STOMACH, BELLY  
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GASTROENTERITIC   INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE LINING THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES  
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GERD   GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE  
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HEMATEMESIS   VOMITING OF BLOOD  
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HEPAT/O   LIVER  
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HEPATOMEGALY   ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER  
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HYPERMESIS   EXTREME VOMITING THAT CAN CAUSE DEHYDRATION  
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HYPERKINESIA   INCREASE MUSCLE FUNCTION OR ACTIVITY  
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HTPERTONIA   EXCESSIVE TONE OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLES  
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HYPOTONIA   DIMINISHED TONE OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLES  
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INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION   PAIN IN LEG MUSCLE, OCCURS DURING EXERCISE RELEAVED BY REST  
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IBS   IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME  
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