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63 Cards in this Set
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APHTHOUS ULCERS
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CANKER SORES
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HERPES LABIALIS
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COLD SORES
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XEROSTOMIA
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DRY MOUTH
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ORAL THRUSH
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WHITE SPOTS INSIDE MOUTH
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HALITOSIS
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BAD BREATH
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DYSPHAGIA
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DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING
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GERD
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
UPWARD FLOW OF STOMACH ACID INTO THE ESOPHAGUS
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PYROSIS
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HEARTBURN
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ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
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ENLARGED AND SWOLLEN VEINS AT THE LOWER END OF THE ESOPHAGUS
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HIATAL HERNIA
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PROTRUSION OF PART OF THE STOMACH THROUGH THE ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER IN THE DIAGPHRAM
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GASTRITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH
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GASTROENTERITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE LINING OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES
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GASTRORRHEA
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EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF GASTRIC JUICE OR MUCUS IN THE STOMACH
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ANOREXIA
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LOSS OF APPETITE FOR FOOD
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ANOREXIA NERVOSA
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EATING DISORDER WHERE A FALSE PERCEPTION OF BODY APPEARANCE, LEADS TO FEAR OF GAINING WEIGHT
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EMACIATED
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ABNORMALLY THIN
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BULIMIA NERVOSA
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EATING DISORDER WHERE A FALSE PERCEPTION OF BODY APPEARANCE, LEADS TO BINGE EATING AND SELF-INDUCED VOMITING
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PICA
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EATING DISORDER WHERE THERE IS PERSISTENCE EATING OF NONFOOD SUBSTANCES, SOIL, CHALK, ETC.
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DEHYDRATION
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CONDITION WHERE FLUID LOSS EXCEEDS FLUID INTAKE
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MALNUTRITION
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LACK OF PROPER FOOD OR NUTRIENTS IN THE BODY
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MALABSORPTION
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CONDITION IN WHICH THE SMALL INTESTINE CANNOT ABSORB NUTRIENTS
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OBESITY
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EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF FAT IN THE BODY
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AEROPHAGIA
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EXCESSIVE SWALLOWING OF AIR WHILE EATING OR DRINKING
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ERUCTATION
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BELCHING
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DYSPEPSIA
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INDIGESTION
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EMESIS
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VOMITING
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HEMATEMESIS
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VOMITING OF BLOOD
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HYPEREMESIS
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EXTREME, PERSISTENT VOMITING
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NAUSEA
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SENSATION THAT LEADS TO URGE TO VOMIT
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REGURGITATION
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RETURN OF SWALLOWED FOOD INTO THE MOUTH
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COLORECTAL CARCINOMA
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COMMON FORM OF CANCER THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN POLYPS
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DIVERTICULITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE DIVERTICULA
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DIVERTICULOSIS
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PRESENCE OF A NUMBER OF DIVERTICULA IN THE COLON
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ENTERITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
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ILEUS
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PARTIAL OR COMPLETE BLOCKAGE OF THE SMALL AND/OR LARGE INTESTINE
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IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
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SPASTIC COLON
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INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
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GENERAL NAME FOR INFLAMMATION IN THE INTESTINES
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ULCERATIVE COLITIS
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CHRONIC CONDITION OF UNKNOWN CAUSE WHERE REPEATED EPISODES OF INFLAMMATION IN RECTUM AND LARGE INTESTINE CAUSE ULCERS AND IRRITATION
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CROHN'S DISEASE
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CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER THAT CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT
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ILEITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE ILEUM
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VOLVULUS
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TWISTING OF THE INTESTINE ON ITSELF THAT CAUSES OBSTRUCTION
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INTUSSUSCEPTION
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TELESCOPING OF ONE PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE INTO THE OPENING OF AN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PART
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INGUINAL HERNIA
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PROTRUSION OF A SMALL LOOP OF BOWEL THROUGH A WEAK PLACE IN THE LOWER ABDOMINAL WALL OR GROIN
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STRANGULATED HERNIA
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A PORTION OF THE INTESTINE IS CONSTRICTED INSIDE THE HERNIA AND ITS BLOOD SUPPLY IS CUT OFF
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ANAL FISSURE
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SMALL TEAR IN THE SKIN OF THE ANUS
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AMEBIC DYSTENTERY
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TRANSMITTED BY FOOD OR WATER CONTAMINATED BY POOR SANITARY CONDITION
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BOTULISM
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FOOD POISONING
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CHOLERA
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CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER
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E. COLI
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CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED FOOD THAT HAS NOT BEEN COOKED PROPERLY
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SALMONELLA
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CONTACT WITH FOOD CONTAMINATED BY FECES
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TYPHOID FEVER
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CAUSED BY EATING FOOD THAT HAS BEEN HANDLED BY A CARRIER OF THE DISEASE
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BOWEL INCONTINENCE
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INABILITY TO CONTROL THE EXCRETION OF FECES
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CONSTIPATION
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DECREASE IN FREQUENCY IN THE PASSAGE OF STOOOLS
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DIARRHEA
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ABNORMAL FREQUENCY OF LOOSE OR WATERY STOOLS
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HEMORRHOIDS
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CLUSTER OF VEINS, MUSCLES AND TISSUES SLIP NEAR THE ANAL OPENING
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HEPATOMEGALY
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ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER
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JAUNDICE
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YELLOW DISCOLORATION OF SKIN AND EYES CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE BILIRUBIN IN THE BLOOD
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HEPATITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER CAUSED BY A VIRUS
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CIRRHOSIS
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PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE LIVER WHERE SCAR TISSUE REPLACES NORMAL TISSUE
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ASCITES
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ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF SEROUS FLUID IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY
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CHOLECYSTALGIA
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PAIN IN THE GALLBLADDER
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CHOLECYSTITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE GALLBLADDER
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CHOLELITHIASIS
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PRESENCE OF GALLSTONES IN THE GALLBLADDER
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