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| 1. abduction | move away from midline
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| 2. abraded | scraped skin
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| 3. adduction | move toward midline
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| 4. afebrile | without fever
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| 5. alopecia | baldness
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| 6. ambulatory | walking
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| 7. amenorrhea | absence of menstruation
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| 8. anorexia | loss of appetite
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| 9. anuria | absence of urine
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| 10. aphagia | inability to swallow
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| 11. apnea | temporary cessation of breathing
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| 12. auscultation | exam by listening to
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| 13. bradycardia | slowness of heartbeat
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| 14. calculi | stones in urine
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| 15. cerumen | ear wax
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| 16. chemotherapy | drug treatment that has a toxic effect on disease-causing microorganisms
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| 17. Cheyne-Stokes respiration | increasing dyspnea with period of apnea
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| 18. claudication | a severe pain in calf which subsides with rest
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| 19. clonic | alternating contraction and relaxation of muscles
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| 20. comatose | complete unconsciousness
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| 21. contracture | immobility of tissue or joint due to fibrosis
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| 22. coryza | watery drainage from nose
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| 23. cyanotic | blue in color
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| 24. decubitus | bedsore
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| 25. defecation | bowel movement
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| 26. diplopia | double vision
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| 27. distal | farthest from center or point
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| 28. diuresis | large amount of urine output
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| 29. dysphasia | difficulty in speaking
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| 30. dyspnea | difficulty breathing
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| 31. dysuria | painful urination
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| 32. ecchymosis | hemmorrhagic areas (bruises)
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| 33. emaciated | thin, underweight
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| 34. emesis | vomiting, the product is vomitus
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| 35. emetic | agent given to produce emesis
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| 36. enuresis | bedwetting
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| 37. epistaxis | nosebleed
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| 38. eructation | belching
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| 39. erythema | redness of skin
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| 40. excoriation | raw surface on skin
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| 41. exophthalmos | abnormal protrusion of eyeball
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| 42. expectoration | expulsion of phlegm or mucous from throat or lungs
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| 43. etid | foul in odor
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| 44. flatulence | distention caused by gas
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| 45. flatus | gas in digestive tract
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| 46. Fowler's position | head elevated, knees may or may not be flexed
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| 47. furuncle | boil
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| 48. hallucination | sensory stimulation without external stimuli
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| 49. hematemesis | blood in vomitus
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| 50. hemiparesis | incomplete paralysis (weakness) affecting one side of the body
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| 51. hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of body
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| 52. hemoptysis | expectoration of blood
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| 53. hyperopia | farsightedness
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| 54. hyperpnea | rapid breathing
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| 55. hypertonic | having greater osmotic pressure than blood
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| 56. hypoxia | deficient oxygen in tissues
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| 57. iatrogenic | secondary condition arises from treatment or primary condition
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| 58. incontinent | no control over urination and/or feces
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| 59. inspection | exam by observation
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| 60. isotonic | having same osmotic pressure as that of blood
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| 61. jaundiced | yellow in color
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| 62. kyphosis | hump back
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| 63. lacerated | torn skin
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| 64. lochia | drainage from vagina (after delivery)
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| 65. lordosis | sway back
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| 66. macule | discolored flat spot or patch on skin
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| 67. manipulation | exam by handling
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| 68. menorrhagia | excessive bleeding at the time of a menstrual period
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| 69. metrorrhagia | bleeding from uterus; other than menses.
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| 70. mucopurulent | contains mucus and pus
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| 71. myopia | nearsightedness
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| 72. nausea | desire to vomit
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| 73. nevus | pigmented lesion, birthmark
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| 74. nocturia | frequent voiding at night
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| 75. obese | overweight
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| 76. objective symptoms | observed by someone other than patient
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| 77. oliguria | scantiness of urine
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| 78. orthopnea | breathing difficulty when lying down
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| 79. palliative | offering temporary relief
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| 80. palpation | exam by touching
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| 81. papule | pimple
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| 82. paroxysm | sudden temporary attack or seizure
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| 83. paraplegia | paralysis of the legs
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| 84. pediculi | lice
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| 85. percussion | exam by striking
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| 86. petechiae | small red spots on skin
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| 87. polyuria | increased amount of urine
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| 88. projectile | forcibly ejected to some distance
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| 89. pronation | turn downward
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| 90. prophylactic | preventive
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| 91. proximal | nearest to center or point of reference
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| 92. pruritus | itching
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| 93. ptosis | drooping of eyelid
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| 94. purulent | containing pus
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| 95. pustule | pimple filled with pus
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| 96. pyrexia | fever
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| 97. pyuria | pus in urine
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| 98. sanguineous | bloody
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| 99. stuporous | partial unconsciousness
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| 100. subjective symptoms | observed only by patient
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| 101. supination | turn upward
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| 102. suppurating | discharging pus
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| 103. syncope | fainting
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| 104. syndrome | group of symptoms
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| 105. teratogen | anything disrupting fetal growth and producing malformation
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| 106. tinnitus aurium | ringing in the ears
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| 107. vesicle | blister
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