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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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AIDS
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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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all/ergy
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individual hypersensitivity to a normally harmless substance
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all/
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other
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-ergy
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work
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ana/phylaxis
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unusual or exaggerated allergic reaction
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ana/
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up
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-phylaxis
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protection
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an/emia
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condition of a lack of red blood cells
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an/
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lack of
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-emia
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blood condition
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anti/coagul/ant
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works against the formation of blood clots
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anti/
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against
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coagul/
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clots
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-ant
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forming
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ebolus
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a blood clot carried in the blood stream
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eosin/o/phil
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a cell that stains readily w/ and acid stain attraction for the rose-colored stain
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eosin/o
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rose-colored
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-phil
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attraction
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erythr/o/cyte
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a red blood cell
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erythr/o
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red
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-cyte
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cell
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fibr/in
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insoluble protein formed from fibrogen
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fibr/
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fiber
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-in
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chemical
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hemat/o/crit
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a blood test that separates solids from plasma
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hemat/o
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blood
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-crit
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to separate
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hemat/o/log/ist
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one who specializes in the study of the blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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log/
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study of
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-ist
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one who specializes
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hemat/oma
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a blood tumor
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hemat/
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blood
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-oma
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tumor
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hem/o/globin
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blood protein/ iron containing pigment of RBCs
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hem/o
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blood
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-globin
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protien/globe
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hem/o/philia
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hereditary blood disease/ prolonged coagulation and tendency to bleed
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hem/o
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blood
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-philia
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attraction
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hem/o/rrhage
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excessive bleeding/bursting forth of blood
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hem/o
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blood
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-rrhage
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bursting forth
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hyper/calc/emia
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a blood condition with excessive amount of calcium
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hyper/
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excessive/above
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calc/
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calcium
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-emia
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blood condition
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hyper/glyc/emia
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blood condition where excessive abounts of sugar in the blood
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hyper/
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excessive/above
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glyc/
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sweet/sugar
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-emia
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blood condition
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hyper/lip/emia
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a blood condition where the is excessive amounts of fat in the blood
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hyper/
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excessive/above
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lip/
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fat
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-emia
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blood condition
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Kaposi's sarcoma
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malignant neoplasm causes violaceous vascular lesions and general lymphadenopathy (most common AIDS)
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leuk/emia
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blood condition overproduction of leukocytes (malignant/acute/chronic)
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leuk/
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white
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-emia
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blood condition
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lymph
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clear colorless alkaline fluid found in the lymphatic vessels
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lymph/edema
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abdnormal accumulation of lymph in the interstitial spaces
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lymph/
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lymph
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-edema
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swelling
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lymph/oma
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lymphoid neoplasm/usually malignant
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lymph/
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lymph
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-oma
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tumor
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mono/nucle/osis
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condition of excessive amounts of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood
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mono/
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one
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nucle/
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kernel/nucleus
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-osis
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condition
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pan/cyt/o/penia
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lack of cellular elements of the blood
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pan/
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ALL
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cyt/O
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cell
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-penia
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lack of
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poly/cyth/emia
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condition of too may RBCs
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poly/
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many
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cyth/
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cell
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-emia
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blood condition
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septic/emia
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condition where pathogenic bacteria are present in the blood
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splen/o/megaly
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enlargement of the spleen
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splen/o
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spleen
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-megaly
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enlargement/large
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septic/
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putrefying
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-emia
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blood condition
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thromb/ectomy
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excision/removal of a blood clot
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thromb/
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clot
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-ectomy
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excision/removal
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tonsill/ectomy
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removal of the tonsil
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tonsill/
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tonsil
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-ectomy
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removal/excision
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vascul/itis
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inflammation fo the lymph or blood vessel
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vascul/
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small vessel
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-itis
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inflammation
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