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The Cavities or sockets of either jaw, in which the roots of the teath are embedded

alveoli

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A sac formed by the localized dilatation of the wall of an artery, a vein, or the heart.

aneurysm

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Abence of oxygen in the tissues, formerly used interchangeably with Hypoxia to mean a reduction fo oxygen in body tissues below physiologic levels.

anoxia

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Patients having an episode of this are said to be apneic.

apnea

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Variation from the normal rhythm, especially of the heartbeat.

arrhythmia

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fluid accumulates and causes the abdominal wall to bulge outward.

ascites

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May occur when person is unconsciour or under the effects of general anesthetic

aspiration

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A collapsed ofr airless state of the lung, which may be acute or chronic.

atelectasis

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a yellow-brown or yellow-green, bitter-tasting, thick fluid.

bilirubin

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condition of a slow heart rate.

bradycardia

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Abnormally slow rate of breathing. May be caused by a chemical imbalance or neurological damage that affects the respiratory center of the brain.

bradypnea

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Small tubular air passageway that branches off the bronchus.

bronchiole

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Twisting of a loop of intestine around itself or around another segment of intestine because of a structural abnormality of the mesentery

volvulus

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Any disease condition of the heart muscle that includes heart enlargement and heart failure.

cardiomyopathy

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small hairs that move in coordinated waves and carry mucus and trapped particles toward the throat where they can be expelled.

cilia

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Difficult or painful eating or swallowing.

dysphagia

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Condition in [the lungs of] pus.

empyema

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pelvic

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Which of the patient's symptoms is directly related to the nervous system

tachycardia

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