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constipation
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difficult passage of stool, infreq defecation
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defecation
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evacuation of bowels
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diarrhea
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freq passage of watery bowel movements
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dysuria
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painful urination
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eructation
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passage of gas from oral cavity
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fecal impaction
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colon filled with hard or soft stool which cannot be expelled, liquid stool can ooze around hardened mass
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feces
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excrement
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flatus
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expelling of gas from anus
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guaiac
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hamatest, hemocult test at stool for occult blood
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hemmeroid
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tortuous veins in anorectal area- internal or external
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melena
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black tarry stool- r/t action of intestinal juices on free blood
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peristalis
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wave like movements in G-I tract heard in abdomen
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stool
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bowel movement feces
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suppository
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semisolid substances introduced into rectum, vagina or urethra where it disolves
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nausea
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feelings of gastric upset oftens preceedes vomiting
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nocturia
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excessive urination at night
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protuberant
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bulging prominent beyond surface
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schapoid
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hollow
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striae
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lines or bands elevated above or depressed below surrounding tissue or differing color or texture
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symphysis pubis
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jxn of the pubic bones on midline in front
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dimpling
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retraction
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areola
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darkened area surround nipple
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breast clock
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method of localizing findings on breast describing locations in terms of time zones on the clock
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cysts
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sac containing liquid / semisold substance
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nipple
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pigmented projection at tip of breast outlet to milk
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nipple retraction
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being drawn or pulled back- when coopers lig are invaded by ca, become fibrotic, pulls back skin over lesion dimpling
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nodules
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small mass of tissues in form of swelling protruberance
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peau d' orange
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orange peel consistency to skin- abnormal
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pendulous
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hanging loosly
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tail of spence
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area extending into axilla from the upper quandrent of breast
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