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108 Cards in this Set
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ABRASION
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IRRITATION OF THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE
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ANEMIA
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RED BLOOD CELL DEFICIENCY
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ANESTHETIC
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RELATING TO ANESTHESIA; AN ANESTHETIC AGENT, CAUSING A LOSS OF FEELING
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ANTIBIOTIC
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SUBSTANCE THAT DESTROYS DISEASE-CAUSING BACTERIA
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ANTIBODY
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SUBSTANCE FORMED BY THE BODY TO COUNTERACT ANTIGENS
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ANTICOAGULANT
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SUBSTANCE THAT HINDERS BLOOD CLOTTING
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ANTIGEN
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SUBSTANCE THAT STIMULATES THE BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM
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ANTISEPTIC
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CLEAN; PREVENTING THE GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS
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ANTIVENIN
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SUBSTANCE THAT COUNTERACTS THE TOXICITY OF VENOM
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APNEA
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PERIODIC CESSATION OF BREATHING
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ARTHRITIS
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JOINT INFLAMMATION
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ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
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RHYTHMIC FORCING OF AIR INTO LUNGS THAT HAVE STOPPED BREATHING
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ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
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PROCEDURE FOR PREVENTING INFECTION
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ATROPHIC RHINITIS
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THE WASTING AWAY OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES OR GLANDS
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AVULSION
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DETACHMENT OR TEARING AWAY OF A BODY PART
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BACTERIA
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MICROSCOPIC PLANTS, OFTEN PARASITIC AND DISEASE-CAUSING
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BIOPSY
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REMOVAL AND EXAMINATION OF TISSUES FOR DIAGNOSIS
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BRUCELLOSIS
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AN INFECTION CAUSED BY BRUCELLA BACTERIA
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CANINE DISTEMPER
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VIRAL DISEASE OF DOGS, MARKED BY FEVER AND RESPERITORY PROBLEMS
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CANINE PARVOVIRUS
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VIRUS THAT CAUSES A DEADLY DISEASE IN DOGS
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CARDIOMYOPATHY
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CHRONIC DISORDER OF THE HEART, COMMON IN DOGS
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CATHETERIZATION
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INTRODUCTION OF A CATHETER INTO A BODY PART
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COLIC
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ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN, COMMON IN HORSES
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COAGULENT
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AGENT THAT PRODUCES BLOOD CLOTTING
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COMA
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STATE OF DEEP UNCONSCIOUSNESS
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COMPRESS
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FOLDED CLOTH OR PAD APPLIED SO AS TO PRESS ON A BODY PART
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CONSTIPATION
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INFREQUESNT, DIFFICULT PASSAGE OF DRY FECES
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CONVULSION
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UNCONTROLLED, VIOLENT MUSCLE CONTRACTION
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CORTISONE
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ANTI-INFLAMMITORY HORMONE
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CROPPING
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COSMETIC SURGICAL REMOVAL OF LARGE PORTION OF A DOG'S EAR
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CYSTITIS
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INFLAMMAION OF THE BLADDER
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DIABETES INSIPIDUS
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DIABETIC CONDITION CAUSED BY PITUITARY DISORDER
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DIABETES MELLITUS
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DIABETIC CONDITION CAUSED BY AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF INSULIN
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DISINFECTANT
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AGENT THAT DESTROYS INFECTION
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DISSOCIATIVE AGENT
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ANESTHETIC THAT CHEMICALLY DISSOCIATES (SEPARATES OUT) PERCEPTIONS OF PAIN
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DOCKING
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COSMETIC SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PORTION OF A DOG'S TAIL
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DYSPNEA
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DIFFICULT BREATHING
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EMESIS
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REGURGITATION
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ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
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PLACEMENT OF A TUBE THROUGH THE TRACHEA
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ENEMA
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INJECTION OF LIQUID THROUGH THE ANUS TO EMPTY THE INTESTINE
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ENDOGENOUS
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ORIGIONATING FROM WITHIN THE ORGANISM
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ENZOOTIC PNEUMONIA
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INFECTION OF THE LUGS FOUND IN SPECIFIC SPECIES
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EPIPHYSIS
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PART OF THE BONE WHERE GROWTH OCCURS; OFTEN BREAKAGE SITE IN YOUNG ANIMALS
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EUTHANASIA
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MERCIFUL, PAINLESS KILLING OF AN INJURED OR ILL ANIMAL
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EXOGENOUS
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ORIGIONATING FROM OUTSIDE THE ORGANISM
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EXTERNAL
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OCCURING ON THE OUTSIDE
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FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA
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VIRAL LEUKEMIA OF CATS, USUALLY FATAL
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FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS
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INFECTIOUS INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUM OF CATS
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FELINE UROLITHIASIS
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CONDITION IN CATS; CAUSED BY MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE URINARY TRACT
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FRACTURE
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BREAK IN BONE; RUPTURE
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GASTROENTERITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANE LINING THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES
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HALITOSIS
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BAD BREATH
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HEIMLICH MANEUVER
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PROCEDURE TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTION FROM THE WINDPIPE OF A CHOKING VICTIM
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HEMATOCRIT
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LABORATORY PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE THE PERCENTAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN THE BLOOD
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HEMOPHILIA
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CONDITION OF DELAYED BLOOD CLOTTING
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HEPATITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER
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HERPES VIRUS
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INFLAMMATORY VIRUS THAT REPRODUCES IN THE CELL NUCLEUS
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HYDROTHORAX
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EXCESS FLUID IN THE LINING OF THE LUNGS
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HYPERTHYROIDISM
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EXCESSIVE FUNCTION OF THE THYROID GLAND
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HYPERTROPHY
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EXAGGERATED GROWTH
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HYPNOTIC
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TRANSELIKE STATE THAT IS PRODUCED WITHOUT DRUGS, OR A DRUG THAT CAUSES A HYPNOTIC STATE
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HYPOTHYROIDISM
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DEFICIENT ACTIVITY OF THE THYROID GLAND
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IMMUNITY
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ABILITY TO RESIST DISEASE
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INCISION
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CUT MADE INTO THE BODY
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INHALANT
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MEDICATION BREATHED IN
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INTERNAL
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OCCURING ON THE INSIDE
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LACERATION
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WOUND PRODUCED BY TEARING, AS OPPOSED TO CUTTING, OF BODY TISSUE
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LEPTOSPIROSIS
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INFECTIOUS CANINE DISEASE, PART OF ROUTINE DOG VACCINATION
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LETHARGIC
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SLUGGISH
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LEUKEMIA
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DISEASE OF THE WHITE BLOOD CELLS
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LUXATION
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DISLOCATION
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LYMPHOSARCOMA
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MALIGNANT LYMPH TUMOR TENDING TO SPREAD FREELY, COMMON IN CATTLE
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MALIGNANT CATARRHAL FEVER
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MUCOUS MEMBRANE INFLAMMATION; COMMON IN CATTLE
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MASTITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE BREAST
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NEUTRALIZE
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COUNTERACT THE EFFECT OF
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PALPATE
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EXAMINE BY TOUCH
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PARAINFLUENZA
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VIRAL INFECTION OF THE RESPERITORY TRACT, PART OF ROUTINE DOG VACCINATION
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PARASITE
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ORGANISM LIVING ON OR IN AN ORGANISM
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PATHOLOGY
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THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL SIGNS OF DISEASE, OR STUDY OF ITS ESSENTIAL NATURE
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PHENYLBUTAZONE TOXICITY
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REACTION TO THE ANTI-INFLAMMOTORY ANALGESIC PHENYLBUTAZONE
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PNEUMONIC PASTEURELLOSIS
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INFECTION OF THE LUNGS, FOUND IN CATTLE
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PNEUMOTHORAX
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AIR IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY
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POLYDIPSIA
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EXCESSIVE THIRST
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POLYPHAGIA
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EXCESSIVE APPETITE
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POLYURIA
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EXCESSIVE URINATION
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PROLAPSE
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SLIPPING OF A BODY PART FROM ITS USUAL POSSITION
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PUNCTURE (VERB)
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THE ACT OF PIERCING WITH A POINTED OBJECT OR INSTRUMENT; A WOUND IS MADE
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PUNCTURE (NOUN)
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A WOUND MADE WITH A POINTED OBJECT OR INSTRUMENT
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PYELONEPHRITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY AND PELVIS CAUSED BY BACTERIAL INFECTION
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RABIES
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ACUTE INFECTIOUS VIRAL DISEASE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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RADIOGRAPH
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X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH
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RADIOLOGY
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THE USE OF RADIANT ENERGY (X-RAYS) IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
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REDUCTION
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RETURNING OF BROKEN BONES TO CORRECT POSSITION
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RUPTURE
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TEARING OR BREAKING APART OF TISSUE
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SEDATIVE
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TRANQUILIZING DRUG
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SEROLOGY
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TESTS USING BLOOD SERUM
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SMEAR
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MATERIAL SPREAD ON A SLIDE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION
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SPECIMEN
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SMALL AMOUNT OF A BODY FLUID USED IN LABORATORY TESTS
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STERILE
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FREE FROM MICROORGANISMS
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STIMULANT
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DRUG THAT PRODUCES INCREASED BODY FUNCTIONS
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SUPERFICIAL
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NEAR THE SURFACE
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SURGERY
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OPERATIVE OR MANUAL PROCEDURE TO CORRECT A HEALTH CONDITION
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SYMPTOM
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INDICATION OF THE PRESENCE OF DISEASE
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TETANUS
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ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASE USUALLY INTRODUCED THROUGH A WOUND
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TOXIC
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POISONOUS
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TOXOPLASMOSIS
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A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OF ALL SPECIES CAUSED BY TOXOPLASMA GONDII
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VACCINE
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ARTIFICIAL IMMUNIZATION AGENT
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ZOONOSIS
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DISEASE OF ANIMALS THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS
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