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Alopecia
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Deficiency of the hair or wool coat; may be caused by failure to grow or by loss of appetite for food
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Anorexia
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lack or loss of appitite for food
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Anus
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the terminal opening of the alimentary canal
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Apnea
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1. Temporary cessation of breathing
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Aural
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Pertaining to the ear a. hematoma/ a. plague
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Avain
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Birds
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Auscultation
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listening for sounds produced within the body
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Abscess
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a localized collection of pus
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Alimentary Canal
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All organs making up the route taken by food as it passes through the body from mouth to anus
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Analgesic
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1. relieving pain
2. pertaining to analgesia 3. drug that relieves pain |
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Antipyretic
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1- effective against fever
2- an agent that relieves fever |
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Ascites
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abnormal accumulation of serous fluid within the peritoneal cavity
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Antiemetic
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1- useful in treatment of vomiting
2- an agent that relieves vomiting |
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Anorexia
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lack or loss of appetite of food
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Aspirate
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to withdraw
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Bovine
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ox or cattle
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Cystits
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inflammation of the urinary bladder
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Canine
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dogs
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Caprine
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Goats
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Caudel
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towards the tail end
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Cranial
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Towards the head
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Copious
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a lot of
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Coprophagy
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the ingestion of poop
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Cerumen
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ear wax
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Coagulate
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to cause to clot
to become clotted |
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Congenital
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present at and existing from the time of birth
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Conjunctiva
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membrane lining the eyelids and part of the eyeball
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Dehydration
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when the body looses more water that it takes in (negative fluid balance)
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Dorsal
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towards the back or back surface
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Diarrhea
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watery stools
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Discharge
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setting free of liberation
material or force set free an excretion or substanceevacuated |
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Decidous
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falling off subject to being shed
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Dystocia
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difficult parturition to the point of needing human intervention
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Diluent
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diluting
an agent that dilutes |
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Disease
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finate abnormality of structure or function with an indentifiable pathological.... with a recognizable syndrome of constellation of clinical signals
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Dissection
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the act of dissecting
a part of whole of an organisn prepared by dissecting passage of blood between layers of the wall of a blood vessel |
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Diuretic
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Increase in urine excretion of the amout of urine
an agent that promotes urine secretion |
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Dyspnea
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labored or difficult breathing
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Edema
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an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cavities and intercellular spaces of the body
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Euthanasia
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an easy or painless death
the deliberate anding of life of an animal suffering from an incurable disease "mercy kill" |
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Emaciation
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excessive leanness
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Emesis
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the act of vomiting
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Epistaxis
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bleeding from the nose
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Excise
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to romove by cutting
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Extremity
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the limb, tail, ear
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Equine
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horse
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Feline
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cat
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Flatulence
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gas
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Feces
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body waste discharged by large intestine (stool, poop etc.)
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Flaccid
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weak, lax, soft; applied especially to muscles
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Gestation
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the period of development of the young in viviparous animals, from the time of fertilization of the ovum to birth
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Gastritis
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inflammation of the lining of the stomach
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Gingiva
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the gums
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Hematuria
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the discharge of blood in the urine
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Hematoma
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localized collection of extravasated blood, usually clotted, in an organ, space or tissue
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Heredity
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transmission of genetic traits from parents to offspring
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Intradermal
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within the dermis (skin)
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Intravenous
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within a vein
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Intramuscular
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within the substance of muscle
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Intraarticular
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withing a joint
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Intraperitoneal
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within the peritoneal cavity
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Intracardiac
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within the heart
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Interstitial
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pertaining to or situated between parts of in the interspaces of tissue
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Icterus
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jaundice
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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
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dry eye
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Lateral
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further from the medial plane, or midline of the body
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Lethargic
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drowsiness or indifference
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Lactation
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secretion of milk by mammary glands
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Latent
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dormant or concealed; not manifest
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Lipemia
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excess of lipids in the blood
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Lipoma
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benign fally tumor, usually composed of mature fat cells
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Micturation
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urination
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Medial
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towards the medial plane
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Metastasis
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the transfer of disease from one organ or part to another, not directly connected with it
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Nares
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nostrals
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Necropsy
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examination of a body after death
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Neonate
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a new born animal
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Ovine
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Sheep
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Ophthalmonogy
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exam of eye by means of the ophthalmoscope
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Oral
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pertaining to the mouth
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Ovariohysterectomy
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surgical excision of the overies and the uterus; spay
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Ocular
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pertaining to the eye
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Otitis
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inflammation of the ear
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Oblique
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slanting; inclined
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Purulent
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containging or forming pus
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Pruritis
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itching
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Parenteral
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not through the alimentary canel
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Parturution
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the act or process of giving birth
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Prophylaxis
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prevention of disease' preventitive treatment
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Patent
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open, unobstructed or not closed
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Polydipsia
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excessive thirst manifested by excessive water intake
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Polyuria
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the formation and excretion of a large volume of urine
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Polyphage
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excessive ingestion of food
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Palpation
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the tequnique of examining parts of the body by touching and feeling them
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Parasite
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a plant or animal that lives upon or within another living organism at whose expence it obtains some advantage
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Pinna
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Projecting part of the ear
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Post Partum
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after parturitionq
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Pyrexia
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a fever or febrile condition
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Proygenic
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one causing fever
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Recumbent
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pertaining to laying down
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Radiograph
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the film produced by radiography (x-ray)
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Rectum
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the the distal portion of the large intestine
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Renal
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kidney
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Subcutaneous
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beneth the layers of the skin
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Scrotum
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the pouch that contains the testes and their accessory organs
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Slough
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a mass of dead tissue
to shed or cast off |
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Sediment
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a deposit, often a precipitate that develops spontaneously
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Topical
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on skin
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Toxemia
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the condition resulting from the spread of bacterial products by the bloodstream
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Trauma
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a wound or injury, especially damage produced by external force
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Ventral
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oppisate of dorsal
underside |
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VItal Signs
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the signs of life, namely pulse, resperation and temp
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Vaccine
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a suspention of attenuated or killed microorgenisms
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Wean
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to discontinue sucklign by the dam and substitute other feeding proceedures
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X-ray
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radiograph
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Zoonotic
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disease of animals transmissable to humans
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