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show pertaining to relieveing pain, a medication that relieves pain  
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anastomsis   show
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show of blood vessels may be perfomed to bypass an occluded area and remove normal blood flow to the area  
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show localized dilation of a weakened area of the wall of an artey. The weakened area ballons out with every pulsation of the artery  
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aneurysmectomy   show
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anomaly   show
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anorexia   show
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show joint pain  
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show an abnormal collection of fluid within the peritoneal cavity(the peritoneum is the serous membrane that lines the entire abdnominal cavity) this fluid contianas large amounts of protein and electrolytes. gernal abdmonial swelling occurs with ascites  
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atherosclerosis   show
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hepathomegaly   show
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show the inner layer of the pericardium, which is the double-folded membrane that encloses the heart  
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show inflammation of the inner lining of the heart  
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show the localized or gerneralized collection of fluid within the body tissues,causing the area to swell  
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show abnomral rhythm  
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show the period of relaxiation of the heart, alternating with the contraction phase is known as systole  
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show a fluid accumaltion in the tissues influenced by gravity, usually greater in the lower extermities than in tissue levels above the heart  
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show any one of the small flaps on the valves i=of the heart  
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show one of a pair of arteries that branch from the arota. the cornary arteries and their branches supply blood and oxygen to the heart muscle(myocardium)  
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claudication   show
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show inflammantion of the heart muscles  
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show an abnormal sound or murmur heard when listening to a cartoid artery, organ or gland with a sethoscope for example during ausculation  
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show noncancerous; not progressive  
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nocturia   show
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show closure, or state of being closed  
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orthopena   show
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show the SA mode (sinoatrial) of the heart located in the right atrium. it is responsible for initiating the heartbeat, influencing the rate and rhythm of the heart beat  
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show (artifical pacemeaker) is an electric apparatus used for maintaining a normal heart rhythm by eclectically stimulating the heart muslce to contract  
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show detectable by touch  
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show an agent that protects against disease  
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palpiation   show
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perciaridal   show
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show the dounle membranous sac that encloses the heart and the origins of the great blood vessels  
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petechiae   show
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pitting edema   show
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pulmonary artery   show
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show the circulation of deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation and back to the left artium of the heart; that is,from the heart, to the lungs, back to the heart  
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show pain felt in the calf of the leg, or behind the knee, when the examiner is purposely dorsiflexing the foot of the patient(bending the toes upward toward the foot) if the patient feels pain,it is called a positive Homan's sign(indicating thrombophlebitis  
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hyperlipidemia   show
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show elevated blood pressure persistently higher than 135/85 mmHg;high blood pressure;also known as arterial hypertension  
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show low blood pressure;less than normal blood pressure reading  
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infarction   show
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ischemia   show
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show a wound,injury or any pathological change in body tissue  
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show any of a group of fats or fatlike substance found in the blood. examples within an artery,vein,acids, triglycerides  
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lumen   show
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malaise   show
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mediastinum   show
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murmur   show
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myocardium   show
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pulmonary vein   show
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show sinoatrial node;pacemaker of the heart  
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show a wall,or partition, that divides or separates two cavities. the interatrial septum separates the right and left atria, the atrioventricular septum separates the atria and the ventricles & the interventricular septum separates the right & left ventricles  
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show a hypersensitivity reaction that may occur 2 to 3 weeks after administration of an antiserum. symptons-fever,enlargement of the spleen(splenomegaly) swollen lymphnodes,joint pain and skin rash  
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vegation   show
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vaxoconsrtiction   show
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thrombosis   show
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systole   show
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show the circulation of blood from the left ventricle of the heart throughout the body and back to the right atrium of the heart.  
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oxygenated blood   show
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show is picked up from the capillaries & is transported back to the right atrium of the heart  
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sydenham's chorea   show
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