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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/
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extremities top extreme piont
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acu
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sharp sudden
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aden
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gland
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adip
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fat
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amni
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus
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angi
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vessel
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arteri
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artery
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axill
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armpit
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bi
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life
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blephar
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eyelid
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bronch
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bronchial tgubes
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carcin
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cancer
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cardi
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heart
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chem
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drug chemical
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chondr
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cartliage
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col
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colon
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cyst
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urinary bladder
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encephal
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brian
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erythr
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red
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hem
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blood
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hepat
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liver
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hydr
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water fluid
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inguin
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groin
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isch
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to hold back
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lapar
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abdomen abdominal wall
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laryng
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larynx voice box
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leuk
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white
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lymph
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lumph
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mamm
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breast
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mast
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breast
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morph
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shape form
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muc
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mucus
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my
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muscle
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myel
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spinal cord bone morrow
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necr
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death of a cell or whole body
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nephr
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kidney
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neur
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nerve
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neutr
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neutrophil(white blood cell
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nucle
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nucleus
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opthalm
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eye
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path
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disease
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peritone
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peritoneum
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phag
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to eat swallow
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phleb
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vein
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plas
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formation development
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pleur
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pleura (membrane surrounding lungsand adjacent to chest wall
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pneumon
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lungs
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pulmon
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lungs
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radi
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xrays
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rect
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retum
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ren
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kidney
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rhin
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nose
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sacr
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flesh
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splen
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spleen
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staphyl
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cluster
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strept
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twisted chains
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thorac
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chest
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thromb
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clot
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tonsill
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tonsils
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trache
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trachea windpipe
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ven
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vein
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algia
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pain
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cele
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hernia
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centesis
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surgicial puncture to revmove fluid
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coccus
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berry shaped bacterium
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cyte
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cell
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dynia
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pain
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ectomy
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excision removal resection
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emia
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blood condition
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genesis
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condition of producing forming
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gram
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record
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graph
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instrument of recording
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graphy
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process of recording
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itis
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inflammation
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logy
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study of
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lysis
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breakdown destruction seperation
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malacia
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softening
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MEGALY
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englargment
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oma
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tumor mass
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opsy
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to view
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osis
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condition usually abnormal
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pathy
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disease condition
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penia
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deficiency
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phobia
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fear
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plasia
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development growth
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plasty
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surgicial repair
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ptosis
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dropping sagging
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sclerosis
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hardening
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scope
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instrument for viewing
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stasis
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stopping controlling
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stomy
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opening to form a mouth
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therapy
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treatment
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tomy
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incision cutting into
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trophy
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development nourishment
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er
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on who
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ia
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condition
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ist
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specialist
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ole
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little small
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ule
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little small
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um ium
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structure tissue
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y
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condition process
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us
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structure substance
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ac iac
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pt
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al
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pt
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ar
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pt
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ary
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pt
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eal
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pt
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genic
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pt producing , produced by or in
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ic ical
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pt
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oid
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resembling
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ose
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pt full of
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ous
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pt
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tic
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pt
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carp
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wrist bones
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cib
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meals
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cis
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to cut
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cost
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rib
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CUTANE
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SKIN
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dactyl
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fingers toe
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duct
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to lead carry
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flex
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to bend
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furc
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forking branching
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gloss
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tongue
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glyc
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sugar
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immun
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protection
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morph
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shape form
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mort
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death
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nat
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birth
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nect
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to bind tie connect
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norm
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rule order
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ox
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oxygen
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pub
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pubis pubic bone anterior portion of the pelvic
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seps
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infection
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somn
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sleep
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son
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sound
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the
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to put place
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thel
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nipple
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thyr
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throid gland(shield tghe shape of the thyroid gland
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top
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place position
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tox
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poison
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trache
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windpipe trachea
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urethr
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urethra
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blast
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embryonic immature
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crine
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to secrete
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cyesis
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pregnancy
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drome
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to run
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fusion
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coming together to pour
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gen
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substance that produces
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lapse
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to side fall sag
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lysis
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breakdown seperation loosening
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meter
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to measure
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mission
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to send
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or
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one who
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partum
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birth labor
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phoria
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to bear carry felling mental state
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physis
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to grow
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plasia
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develpement formation
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plasm
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structure or formation
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pnea
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breathing
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ptosis
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drrop sag prolapse
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rrhea
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flow discharge
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stasis
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stop control
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trophy
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nourishment development
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a an
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no not without
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ab
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away from
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ad
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towards
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ana
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up apart
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ante
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before forward
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anti
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against
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auto
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self own
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bi
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2
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brady
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slow
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cata
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down
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con
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with together
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contra
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against opposite
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de
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down lack of
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dia
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through complete
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dys
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bad painful difficult abnormal
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ec ecto
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in within
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epi
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upon on above
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eu
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good normal
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ex
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out away from
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hemi
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half
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hyper
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excessive above
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hypo
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deficient under
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in
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not
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in
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into within
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infra
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beneath
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inter
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between
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intra
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into within
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macro
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large
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mal
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bad
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meta
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beyond change
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micro
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small
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neo
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new
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pan
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all
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para
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abnormal beside near
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per
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through
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peri
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surrounding
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poly
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many much
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post
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after behind
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pre
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before in front of
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pro
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before forward
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pseudo
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false
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re
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BACK AGAIN
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RETRO
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BEHIND BACKWARD
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SUB
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UNDER
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SUPRA
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ABOVE UPPER
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SYN SUM
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TOGETHER WITH
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TACHY
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FAST
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TRANS
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Across through
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ultra
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beyond excess
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uni
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one
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apenea
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not breathing
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anoxia
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without oxygen
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abnormal
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away from normal
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abductor
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muscle that draws limbs away
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adrenal glands
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gland that are toward kidneys or on top
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anabolism
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process of building up proteins
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analysis
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seperating apart or up
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ante cibum
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before meals
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anteflexion
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process of bending forward
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antepartum
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before childbirth
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antispesis
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fighting against disease
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antibiotics
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pt against life bacteria and germs
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antigen
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foreign substance stimulating antibody production
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antibody
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antibody acting against poisin or toxin
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autoimmune disease
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disease where body produces antibodies against its own cells
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bifurcation
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process of splitting into 2 branches
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bradycardia
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slow heartbeat
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catabolism
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process of breaking down material for energy
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congenital anomaly
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irregularity that one is born with
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connective
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binding together
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contraindiction
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factors in patients condition that prevents the use of perticular drug or treatment
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contralateral
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pt opposite sides
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dehydration
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lack of water
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diameter
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to measure through
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diarrhea
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watery discharge
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dialysis
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complete seperation
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dyspnea
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difficult breathing
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dysplasia
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ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS
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ENDOCARDIUM
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INNER LINING OF HEART
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ENDOTRACHEAL
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PT WITHIN THE TRACHEA
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EPITHELIUM
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CELLS LINING SKIN SURFACES AND ORGANS
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EUPHORIA
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EXAGGERATED FEELING OF WELL BEING
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EXOPHTHALMOS
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PROTURSION OF EYEBALL
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HEMIGLOSSECTOMY
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PARTIAL REMOVAL OF TONGUE
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HYPERPLASIA
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INCREASE IN CELL FORMATION NORMAL OF CELLS
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HYPERTROPHY
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INCREASE IN CELL SIZE
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HYPODERMIC INJECTION
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INJECTION UNDER THE SKIN
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INFRACOSTAL
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PT THE BENETH THE RIBS
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INTRAVENOUS
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PT WITHIN A VEINB
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INTERCOSTAL
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PT BETWEEN THE RIBS
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MACROCEPHALY
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CONDTION OF A LARGE HEAD
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MALIGNANT
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CANCEROUS
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MALAISE
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BAD FEELING OF BODILY DISCOMFORT
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METACARPAL BONES
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PT BONES OF THE HAND
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METAMORPHOSIS
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STATE OF CHANGING FORM OR SHAPE
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NEONATAL
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PT NEW BIRTH
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NEOPLASM
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NEW FORMATION
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PANCYTOPENIA
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DEFICIENCY OF ALL BLOOD CELLS
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PARALYSIS
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ABNORMAL DISRUPTION OF NERVE AND MUSCLE CONNECTGION
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PARATHYROID GLANDS
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GLAND BESIDE THRYOID
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PERCUTANEOUS
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PT THROUGH THE SKIN
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PERICARDIUM
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STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE HEART
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PERIOSTEUM
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STRUCTURE SURROUNDIONG THE BONE
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POLYMORPHONUCLEAR
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PT A MANY DIFFERNT SHAPED NUCLEI
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POLYNEURITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF MANY NERVES
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POSTMORTEM
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AFTER DEATH
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POSTPARTUM
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AFTER BIRTH
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PRODROME
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SYMPTOMS OCCURING BEFORE THE RUN OF AN ILLNESS
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PRENATAL
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PT BEFORE BIRTH
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PROLAPSE
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TO FALL OR SAG FORWARD
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PSUEDOCYESIS
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FALSE PREGNANCY
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RELAPSE
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RETURN OF DISEASE SYMPTOMS
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REMISSION
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DISAPPEARENCE OF DISEASE SYMPTOMS
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RECOMBINANT DNA
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DNA TAKING FROM 1 ORGAINISM PUT INTO ANOTHER WHERE IT COMBINES AGAIN
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1RETROPERITONEAL
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PT BEHIND THE PERIDINUM
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RETROFLEXION
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ABNORMAL BENDING
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SUBCUTANEOUS
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PT UNDER THE SKIN
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SUPRAPUBIC
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PT ABOVE THE PUBIS
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SYNDACTYLY
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WEBBED FINGERS TOES
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SYNTHESIS
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STATE OF PLACING TOGETHER
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SYNDROM
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SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR TOGETHER
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SYMMETRY
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CONDITON OF EQUAL PARTS
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SUMBIOSIS
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STATE OF LIVING WITH
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SYMPHSIS
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STATE OF LIVING WITH
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TACHYPNEA
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FAST BREATHING
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TRANSFUSION
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TRANSFER OF BLOOD FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
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UNILATERAL
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PT ONE SIDE
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algia
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pain
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arthralgia
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pain of a jiont
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otalgia
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pain in the ear
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neuralgia
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pain in the nerve
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myalgia
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pain in the muscle
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rectocele
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hernia of the rectum
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cystocele
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hernia of the urinary bladder
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thoracentesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
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amniocentesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the ambia
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abdominocentesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen better known as paracentesis
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streptococcus
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twisted chains of berry shaped bacteria
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staphylococci
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structers of berry shaped material
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erythrocyte
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red blood cell
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luekocyte
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white blood cell
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thrombocyte
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clotting cell or platelet
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pleurodynia
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pain in the chest wall
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laryngectomy
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removal of larynx voice box
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anemia
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decreased number of rbc
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ischemia
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holding back blood
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carcinogenesis
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condition of producing cancer
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pathogenesis
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condition of producing disease
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angiogenesis
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condition of forming vessels
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electroencephalogram
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record of electricity of brain
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myelogram
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xray of the spinal cord
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angiography
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process of recording vessels
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bronchitis
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inflammation of the broncial tubes
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thromboplebitis
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inflammation of a vein
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morphology
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study of shape or form
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necrosis
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abnormal condition of the death of a cell
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hydronephrosis
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abnormal condition of fluid in the kidneys
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leukocytosis
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abnormal condition of an increase in normal white blood cells
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cardiomyopathy
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disease condition of the heart muscle
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erythropenia
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deficiencey of rbc
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neutropenia
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deficiency of nutraphil
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thrombocytopenia
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deficiency of platelets
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agoraphobia
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fear of crosded spaces
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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achondroplasia
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improper or no develepement of cartilege
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angioplasty
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surgical repair of a vessel
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blepharoptosis
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dropping of an eyelid
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arterioclerosis
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hardening of the arteries
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laparoscope
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instrument of visual exam of the abdomen
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metastasis
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spread of malignacy to other sites
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hemostasis
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stopping of blood
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colostomy
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opeinging from colon to outside of body
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laparotomy
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incision of the abdomen
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plebotomy
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incision of a vein
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hypertrophy
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increase in cell size
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atrophy
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decrease developement in cell size
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arteriole
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small artery
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venule
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small vein
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mucus
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secretion of mucous membraine
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esophagus
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inner tube used for eating
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nephropathy
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disease or condition of kidney
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adenoid
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resembling glands
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necrotic
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pt death
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