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20 Cards in this Set
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Tending to dull or eliminate pain
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Analgesic
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A substance that causes a loss of sensation, especially of pain
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Anesthetic
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A deficiency in the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, often causing tiredness
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Anemia
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To shrink or waste away, especially tissue or an organ
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Atrophy
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A dead body
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Cadaver
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A specialist who treats disorders of the feet
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Chiropodist
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Suffering from unconsciousness as a result of injury or disease
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Comatose
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Able to be passed by contact
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Communicable
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An abnormal pocket or sac developing in the body
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Cyst
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A doctor who treats disorders of the skin
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Dermatologist
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A dynamic balance in which the movement or change in one direction is equal to the movement or change in the other
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Equilibrium
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Capable of being spread rapidly to others
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Infectious
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An overall weakness or feebleness of mind or body
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Infirmity
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The process by which an organism turns food into energy and waste programs
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Metabolism
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An obsessive and unreasonable fear
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Phobia
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Relating to the healthy and normal functioning of an organism
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Physiological
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Isolation for the purpose of preventing spread of a contagious disease
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Quaratine
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To separate or remove by cutting
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Sever
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To join together with stitches
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Suture
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Any animal with a backbone or spinal column
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Vertebrate
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