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ANEURISM   WIDENING OF THE BLOOD VESSEL  
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ANGINA   CHEST PAIN CAUSED BY LOSS OF OXYGENATED BLOOD FLOW  
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ATHEROSCLEROSIS   HARDENING OF THE ARTERY  
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BRADYCARDIA   ABNORMALLY SOW HEART RATE  
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CARDIOMYOPATHY   DISEASE OF THE HEART MUSCLE  
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EMBOLISM   OBSTRUCTION IN BLOOD FLOW  
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ENDOCARDITIS   INFLAMMATION INSIDE THE HEART MUSCLE  
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FIBRILLATION   A SMALL INVOLUNTARY MUSCULAR CONTRACTION  
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HYPERTENSION   HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE  
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LEUKOCYTE   WHITE BLOOD CELLS  
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PHLEBITIS   INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN  
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TACHYCARDIA   ABNORMALLY RAPID HEART RATE  
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THROMBOSIS   BLOOD CLOTS IN THE VASCULAR SYSTEM  
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VENOUS   PERTAINING TO THE VEINS  
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ADENOMA   BENIGN GLANDULAR TUMOR  
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DIABETIC   PANCREATIC DISORDER OF INSUFFICIENT INSULIN PRODUCTION  
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ENDOCRINE   PERTAINING TO GLANDS THAT SECRETE HORMONES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM  
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EUTHYROID   NORMAL THYROID  
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HYPERGLYCEMIA   HIGH BLOOD SUGAR  
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HYPERLIPIDEMIA   INCREASE OF LIPIDS IN THE BLOOD  
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HYPERPLASIA   EXCESSIVE GROWTH OR FORMATION  
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HYPERSECRETION   ABNORMAL INCREASED SECRETION  
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HYPOTHYROIDISM   A DEFICIENCY OF THYROID SECRETION  
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MYXEDEMA   ADULT ONSET HYPOTHYROIDISM  
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PANCREATITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS  
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PARATHYROID   NEXT TO THE THYROID GLAND  
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SOMATIC   PERTAINING TO THE BODY  
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TETANY   MUSCLE TWITCHES, CRAMPS, CONVULSIONS  
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ANOREXIA   LOSS OF APPETITE  
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APHAGIA   INABILITY TO SWALLOW  
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COLITIS   INFLAMED OR IRRITABLE COLON  
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DIARRHEA   LIQUID OR UNFORMED BOWEL MOVEMENT  
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DUODENAL   PERTAINING TO THE DUODENUM  
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DYSPEPSIA   CONDITION OF INDIGESTION  
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ESOPHAGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS  
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GASTRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH  
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GASTROENTERITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINAL TRACT  
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HEMATEMESIS   VOMITING OF BLOOD  
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HEPATITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER  
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HEPATOMA   LIVER TUMOR  
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HERNIA   PROTRUSION OF ORGAN OR TISSUE  
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LAPAROSCOPY   OPERATION DONE IN THE ABDOMEN  
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ALOPECIA   HAIR LOSS  
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CELLULITIS   INFECTION OF THE SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE  
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DERMATITIS   SKIN INFLAMMATION  
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DERMATOMYCOSIS   FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN  
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DIAPHORESIS   EXCESSIVE SWEATING  
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DYSKERATOSIS   ABNORMAL KERATIN FORMATION IN THE EPIDERMIS  
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ECZEMA   CHRONIC SKIN INFLAMMATION  
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EPIDERMIS   TOP LAYER OF SKIN  
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KERATOSIS   AREA OF INCREASED HARDNESS  
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MELANOMA   BLACK TUMOR  
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ONYCHMYCOSIS   FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE NAILS  
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PACHYDERM   ABNORMAL THICKNESS OF SKIN  
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SUBCUTANEOUS   BENEATH THE SKIN  
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TRANSDERMAL   THROUGH THE SKIN  
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ADENOPATHY   DISEASE OF THE LYMPH NODES  
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ANEMIA   DECREASE IN RED BLOOD CELLS  
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BACTEREMIA   PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN THE BLOODSTREAM  
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HEMATOMA   A COLLECTION OF BLOOD, OFTEN CLOTTED  
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HEMOPHILIA   A DISEASE IN WHICH THE BLOOD DOES NOT CLOT NORMALLY  
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HYPERURICEMIA   EXCESSIVE LEVEL OF URIC ACID IN THE BLOOD  
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LEUKEMIA   INCREASE IN WHITE BLOOD CELLS  
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LYMPHOCYTE   IMMUNE RESPONSE CELL  
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LYMPHOCYTOPENIA   DECREASED NUMBER OF LYMPHOCYTES  
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LYMPHOID   RESEMBLING CLEAR LYMPH FLUID  
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PHLEBOTOMY   PUNCTURE OF VEIN TO DRAW BLOOD  
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SEPTICEMIA   SYSTEMIC BLOOD INFECTION  
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SPLENECTOMY   REMOVAL OF THE SPLEEN  
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THYMOMA   TUMOR OF THE THYMUS  
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ATROPHY   PROCESS OF SHRINKING MUSCLE SIZE  
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BURSITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BURSA  
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CHONDROMALACIA   SOFTENING OF CARTILAGE  
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DYSTROPHY   PROGRESSIVE ATROPHY  
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FIBROMA   TUMOR OF FIBROUS TISSUE  
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FIBROMYALGIA   CHRONIC PAIN IN THE MUSCLES  
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HYPERTROPHY   PROCESS OF INCREASE IN MUSCLE SIZE  
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HYPOTONIA   DECREASE IN MUSCLE TONE  
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MYALGIA   MUSCLE PAIN  
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MYASTHENIA   CHRONIC MUSCULAR WEAKNESS  
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MYONECROSIS   INCREASE IN MUSCLE DEATH  
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MYOPLASTY   PLASTIC SURGERY OF MUSCLE TISSUE  
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RHABDOMYOLYSIS   BREAKING DOWN OF STRIATED MUSCLE  
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TENDINITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE TENDON  
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ANALGESIA   WITHOUT PAIN  
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ANESTHESIA   LACK OF SENSATION  
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ANTIDEPRESSANT   DRUG THAT COUNTERACTS DEPRESSION  
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AUTONOMIC   PERTAINING TO INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS  
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DEMENTIA   DISORIENTATION, CONFUSION, LOSS OF MEMORY  
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DYSPHASIA   DIFFICULTY IN SPEAKING  
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ENCEPHALITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN  
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EPILEPSY   DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT SEIZURES  
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MENINGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGES  
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MYELAGIA   PAIN OF THE SPINAL CORD  
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NEURALGIA   SEVERE PAIN ALONG THE NERVE  
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NEUROMA   TUMOR OF NERVE CELLS  
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PARALYSIS   BREAKING DOWN OF MOTOR CONTROL  
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PSYCHOSIS   PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER  
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ARTHRALGIA   JOINT PAIN  
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ARTHRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINT  
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CARPAL   PERTAINING TO THE WRIST  
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CRANIOMALACIA   SOFTENING OF THE SKULL  
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LORDOSIS   FORWARD CURVE OF SPINE, SWAYBACK  
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OSTEALGIA   BONE PAIN  
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OSTEOARTHRITIS   CHRONIC BONE AND JOINT DISEASE  
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OSTEOCARCINOMA   CANCEROUS BONE TUMOR  
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OSTEOCHONDROSIS   BONE AND CARTILAGE DISEASE  
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OSTEOPOROSIS   DECREASED BONE DENSITY AND POROSITY  
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PERIOSTEITIS   INFLAMMATION AROUND THE BONE  
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PHALANGIA   PAIN IN FINGER OR TOE BONES  
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RACHITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINE  
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SCOLIOSIS   ABNORMAL LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE  
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SPONDYLITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE VERTEBRAE  
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AMENORRHEA   ABSENCE OF MENSTRUATION  
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ANOVULATION   ABSENCE OF OVULATION  
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CERVICITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE CERVIX  
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CONDYLOMA   GENITAL WART  
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DYSMENORRHEA   MENSTRUAL PAIN  
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DYSTOCIA   DIFFICULT CHILDBIRTH  
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ECLAMPSIA   SEVERE TOXEMIA DURING PREGNANCY  
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ENDOMETRIOSIS   ABNORMAL GROWTH OF UTERAL TISSUE  
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GYNECOLOGY   STUDY OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS  
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MAMMOGRAM   PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE BREAST  
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MASTITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BREAST  
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SALPINGOCYESIS   PREGNANCY IN FALLOPIAN TUBE  
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VAGINITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE VAGINA  
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ANDROID   RESEMBLING A MALE  
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ANDROPHOBIA   MORBID DISLIKE OF MALES  
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ANORCHISM   ABSENCE OF TESTES  
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ASPERMIA   INABILITY TO SECRETE SPERM  
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BALANITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE GLANS PENIS  
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CRYPTORCHIDISM   FAILURE OF TESTES TO DROP INTO THE SCROTUM  
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HEMATOSPERMIA   BLOOD IN SEMEN  
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PROSTATALGIA   PAINFUL PROSTATE  
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PROSTATITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE PROSTATE  
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TESTALGIA   PAINFUL TESTES  
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VARICOCELE   ENLARGED SWOLLEN VEIN NEAR THE TESTIS  
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VASECTOMY   REMOVAL OF A SEGMENT OF THE VAS DEFERENS  
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APNEA   TEMPORARY FAILURE TO BREATHE  
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BRADYPNEA   SLOW BREATHING  
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BRONCHITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL MEMBRANES  
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CYANOSIS   ABNORMAL BLUE SKIN COLOR FROM LACK OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD  
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DYSPNEA   LABORED BREATHING  
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EMPHYSEMA   OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE  
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HYPERCAPNIA   EXCESSIVE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD  
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LARYNGITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX  
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PECTORALGIA   CHEST PAIN  
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PNEUMONIA   BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE LUNGS  
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PULMONARY   PERTAINING TO THE LUNGS  
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RESPIRATION   ACT OR PROCESS OF BREATHING  
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RHINITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE NOSE  
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SINUSITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUSES  
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ALBUMINURIA   PROTEIN IN THE URINE  
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ANURESIS   INABILITY TO URINATE  
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ANURIA   INABILITY TO PRODUCE URINE  
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CYSTITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER  
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DIALYSIS   METHOD OF FILTERING IMPURITIES FROM THE BLOOD  
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DYSURIA   PAINFUL URINATION  
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ENURESIS   INVOLUNTARY URINATION  
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GLYCOSURIA   GLUCOSE IN THE URINE  
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HEMATURIA   BLOOD IN THE URINE  
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KETOURIA   KETONE BODIES IN THE URINE  
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LITHIASIS   FORMATION OF ANY STONE  
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NEPHRALGIA   KIDNEY PAIN  
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NEPHRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY  
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POLYURIA   EXCESSIVE URINATION  
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ANACUSIS   WITHOUT HEARING; DEAFNESS  
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AUDIOMETRY   PROCESS OF MEASURING HEARING  
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CERUMINOSIS   EXCESSIVE EARWAX  
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LABYRINTHITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE INNER EAR  
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OTALGIA   PAIN IN THE EAR (EARACHE)  
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OTITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE EAR  
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OTOMYCOSIS   FUNGAL EAR INFECTION  
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OTOPLASTY   PLASTIC SURGERY ON THE EAR  
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OTORRHAGIA   BLEEDING OF THE EAR  
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OTOSCLEROSIS   ABNORMAL HARDENING OF BONE IN THE MIDDLE EAR  
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OTOSCOPE   INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINING THE EAR  
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PARACUSIS   PARTIAL HEARING LOSS  
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TYMPANITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE EARDRUM  
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AMBLYOPIA   REDUCTION IN VISION  
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ASTIGMATISM   DISTORTED VISION  
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BLEPHARITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE EYELIDS  
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BLEPHAROPTOSIS   ABNORMAL DROOPING OF THE UPPER EYELIDS  
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CONJUNCTIVITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA  
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DIPLOPIA   DOUBLE VISION  
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ENDOPHTHALMITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE INSIDE OF THE EYE  
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ESOTROPIA   EYE TURNING INWARD TOWARD THE NOSE  
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EXOTROPIA   EYE TURNING OUTWARD AWAY FROM THE NOSE  
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GLAUCOMA   EYE DISEASE CAUSED BY INCREASED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE  
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HYPEROPIA   FARSIGHTEDNESS; DIFFICULTY SEEING CLOSE OBJECTS  
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IRIDOPLEGIA   PARALYSIS OF THE IRIS  
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OCULOMYCOSIS   FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE EYE  
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RETINITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE RETINA  
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