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Asymptomatic
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without evidence of disease; symptomless
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Atrophy
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wasting away or decrease in size of a body organ or tissue
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Atypical
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not typical; irregular; abnormal
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Abiogenesis
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theory that life can originate from nonliving matter; spontaneous generation
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Abyss
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seemingly bottomless pit or gulf; chasm; anything immeasurably deep
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Agnostic
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person who is not commited to believing in either the existence or nonexistance of God or a god
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Amnesia
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loss of memory
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Amnesty
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General pardon for an offense, including a political offense against a government
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Amorphous
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without definite form; shapeless; vague
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Anaerobic
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able to live or grow in the absence of oxygen
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Anemia
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red cell or hemoglobin deficiency in the circulating blood; paleness; lack of vigor
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Anesphesia
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partial or complete loss of the sense of pain, with or without artifically induced by drugs
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Anodyne
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drug that relieves pain; anything that soothes or comforts
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Anomally
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irregularity; departure from the common rule, abnormality
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Anorexia
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loss of appetite, especially when prolonged
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Aphasia
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partial or complete loss of power to use and understand words
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Apolitical
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not connected with political matters; of no political significance; uninterested in politics
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Asexual
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occuring or produced without sexual action; sexless
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Asphyxiation
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loss of consciousness due to lack of oxygen or presence of poisonous gases; suffocation
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Asylum
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inviolable place where one can be free from arrest; protection; sanctuary; shelter
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