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| bronchospasm | involuntary contraction of bronchial tubes
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| bronchiectasis | stretching of the bronchial tubes
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| pneumoconiosis | dust in the lungs
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| orthopnea | breathing discomfort
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| pleurodynia | pain of pleura
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| atelectasis | collapsed lung
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| empyema | condition of pus in the pleural cavity
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| apnea | no breathing
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| dyspnea | painful breathing
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| hyperpnea | increase in the depth of breathing
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| tachypnea | increase in the rate of breathing
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| hemoptysis | spitting blood
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| pyothorax | pus in chest
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| basophil | attraction to base
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| hemolysis | breakdown of RBC
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| hematrocrit | separation of blood
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| hemoglobinopathy | disease of hemoglobin (protein in blood)
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| sideropenia | lack of iron
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| spherocytosis | round shaped RBC
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| plasmapheresis | removal of plasma from blood
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| monoblast | immature cell
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| hemoglobin | blood protein
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| thrombosis | abnormal condition of thrombocytes
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| hematopoiesis | formation of blood cells
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| erythropoiesis | formation of RBC
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| myelopoiesis | formation of bone marrow
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| hemostasis | stoppage of blood flow
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| immunoglobulin | protein globulin which protects the body
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| lymphopoiesis | formation of lymphocytes
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| anaphylaxis | hypersensitivity of a foreign protein
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| ankylosis | stiff joint
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| arthrotomy | incision of a joint
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| achondroplasia | no growth of cartilage
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| athrodesis | to bind joints
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| fibromyalgia | pain of fibrous muscle tissue
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| leiomyosarcoma | mal tumor of smooth muscle
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| rhabdomyoma | tumor of skeletal muscle
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| rhabdomyosarcoma | mal. tumor of skeletal muscle
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| atrophy | no development
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| hypertrophy | excessive development
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| polymyalgia | pain of many muscles
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| diaphoresis | condition of profuse sweating
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| ichthyosis | condition of dry, scaly skin
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| paronychia | pt to near the nail
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| seborrhea | excess secretion of sebum
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| steatoma | tumor of sebaceous gland
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| ophthalmoplegia | paralysis of eye muscle
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| aphakia | no lens
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| amblyopia | dull vision
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| diplopia | double vision
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| glaucoma | gray mass marked by increased intraoccular pressure
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| xerophthalmia | dry eye
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| otopyorrhea | discharge of pus from ear
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| presbycusis | hearing loss due to aging
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| macrotia | condition of large ears
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| glucagon | hormone from pancreas causes sugar to be released into the blood
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| steroid | organic compound with ring structure
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| epinephrine | a substance produced by adrenal medulla which raises BP
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| cachexia | ill health
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| mutation | process of genetic change
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| dysplastic | abnormal formation (growth) of cells
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| hyperplasia | excess growth of cells
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| neoplasm | new cell growth
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| anaplasia | backward formation
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| brachytherapy | radiation delivered in close range of tumor
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| teletherapy | radiation delivered by far high energy beams
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| radioisotope | radioactive form of an element
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| pyelogram | recording of renal pelvis
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| CT | beaming of x-rays at cross section
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| idiosyncrasy | unpredictable type of drug toxicity
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| synergism | combination of two drugs (joining)
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| anesthesia | against sensation
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| iatrogenic | condition caused by treatment
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| erythromycin | antibiotic produced from red mold.
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| intrathecal | into the spinal sheath
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| anaphylaxis | exaggerated hypersensitivity to a previously encountered drug.
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| parenteral | apart from the intestine
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| hallucinogen | substance that causes false perception
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| hypnosis | state of altered consciousness and suggestive command
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| schizophrenia | split mind including delusions, hallucinations and disorganized thinking
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| psychosomatic | PT effect of mind on body causing illness
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| dysphoria | sad, depressed mood
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| cyclothymia | mania altered with depression, mild form of bipolar
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| dysthymia | depressed mood, milder than depression
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| hypomania | mood disorder resembling mania but milder
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| paranoia | abnormal mind, delusions of grandeur
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