Medical Terminology 2007 List 2

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accumulation of an excessive amount of fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities

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edema

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generalized infiltration of edema fluid into subcutaneous connective tissue

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anasarca

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accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity

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ascites

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denoting a disease of unknown cause

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idiopathic

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causation; the doctrine of causes; specifically the cause of disease

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etiology

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resulting from or in the course of activities of a doctor or surgeon

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iatrogenic

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characteristic or indicative of a disease; denoting one or two specific symptoms

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pathognomonic

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the mode of origin or development of any disease or morbid process

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pathogenesis

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general lack of nutrition and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or emotional disturbance

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cachexia

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weakness, debility

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asthenia

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extreme loss of flesh; growing lean

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emaciation

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soft sound, like that made by a somewhat forcible expiration such as the mouth opening; heard on auscultation of the heart, lungs or blood vessels

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murmur

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ausculatory sound, esp. and abnormal one

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bruit

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vibration accompanying a cardiac murmur which can be felt on palpation

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thrill

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formation of pus

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suppuration

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suppuative, suppurating. containing or forming pus.

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purulent

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early or premonitory symptom of a disease

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prodromal

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morbid condition following as a consequence of a disease

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sequela

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any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in function, appearance, or sensation, experienced by the pt and indicative of a disease. subjective sign of a disease

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sign

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any abnormality indicative of disease discoverable by the physician at his examination of the pt. objective symptom.

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sign

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sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects

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vertigo

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fainting, a swoon. sudden fall in bp resulting in cerebral anemia; and more or less complete loss of consciousness

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syncope

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fever

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pyrexia

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feverish. pyretic. relating to fever.

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febrile

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short and sharp course. not chronic. said of disease.

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acute

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of long duration. denoting a disease of slow progress and long continuance.

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chronic

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denoting a disease that progresses with few or no symptoms to indicate its gravity

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insidious

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gland

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prostate

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marked loss of strength, as in exhaustion

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prostrate

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purplish patch caused by extravasation of blood into the skin

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ecchymosis

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minute hemorrhagic spots, of pinpoint to pinhead size in the skin

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petechiae

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abatement or lessening in severity of the symptoms of a disease.

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remission

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return of a disease after it had once spent its course

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relapse

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passage of fluid, of coagulable, or blood cells, into tissues or cavities, especially as a result of increased vascular permeability

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exudate

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solvents and solutes that pass through membranes as a result of differences in hydrostatic pressure, solvent carries with it permeable solutes

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transudate

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relieving symptoms but not curative

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palliative

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prevention of disease. guard before, take precaution.

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prophylaxis

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originating or produced within the organism or one of its parts

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endogenous

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originating or produced outside

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exogenous

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examine by feeling and pressing with the palms of the hands and fingers

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palpate

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forcible pulsation of the heart perceptible to the pt, usually with an increase in frequency, with or without irregularity in rhythm

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palpitate

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examine by looking

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inspection

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examine by listening

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auscultation

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examining density by tapping the surface with a finger or presser

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percussion

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passage of dark colored or tarry stools, upper gi bleed

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melena

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passage of bloody stools, red, lower gi bleed

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hematochezia

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vomiting blood

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hematemesis

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pulmonary hemorrhage; spit blood

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hemoptysis

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nosebleed (nasal hemorrhage)

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epistaxis

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bloody urine or urine with rbc

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hematuria

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abnormal, spontaneous sensation, such as burning, prickling,tingling or tickling

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paresthesia

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state characterized by loss of sensation, the result of pharmacological depression of nerve function or a neurological desease

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anesthesia

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loss of power of voluntary muscle through injury or disease of its nerve supply. loss of any function

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paralysis

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sound obtained on percussing a part that can vibrate freely

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resonance

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character of the sound obtained by percussing over a solid part, which is incapable of vibrating

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dullness

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low pitch, resonant drum like sound, note obtained by percussing the surface of a large air containing space

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tympany

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rigor

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rigidity

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felt when pressure, particularly abdominal pressure is suddenly released

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rebound tendernous

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presence of an excessive amount of gas in the stomach and/or small intestine

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flatulence

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expired air. gas in the stomach or small intestine. eructation.

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flatus

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belching

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eructation

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relating to a system in any sense.

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systemic

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restricted or limited to a definite part

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localized

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nonorganic; ailment is one that is not caused by a structural defect

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functional disease

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relating to an organ

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organic disease (that's a stupid name...)

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exhaustion from lack of food or defect in assimilation (taking materials from outside body to inside)

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inanition

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state of deep or prolonged unconsciousness resembling profound slumbers from which the person can be aroused, but into which he immediately relapses

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lethargy

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lethargy, unconsciousness

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stupor

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to dull or blunt (sensation or pain)

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obtund

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sleepy, drowsy, having an inclination to sleep. semicomatose

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somnolent

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charcot's syndrome: ischemia of the leg muscles due to sclerosis with narrowing of the arteries. attacks are characterize by lameness and pain with walking

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claudication

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hyponemia. local anemia due to mechanical obstruction to the blood supply

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ischemia

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circumscribed narrowing or stenosis of a tubular structure

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stricture

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narrowing of any canaal; a stricture;esp. of a cardiac valve

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stenosis

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absence of a normal opening or normally patent lumen

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atresia

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act of closing or the state of being closed

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occlusion

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relating to opposite sides

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contralateral

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on the same side

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ipsilateral

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state of giving birth (dead or alive)

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parity

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pregnant women

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gravity

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enlargement of cavity, canal, vessel; physiologically or artificially

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dilation

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binding or contracting of a part, stricture, stenosis

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constriction

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feeding by the belly tube

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gavage

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washing of a hallow organ with copious amts of water

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lavage

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bursting open, splitting or gaping by the divergence of parts

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dehiscence

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disembowel (ouch!!), protrusion of the abdominal viscera through a defect created by wound dehiscence

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evisceration (google some picts if you want to see some crazy stuff)

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pathologic sinus or abnormal passage leading from an abscess cavity or a hollow organ to the surface or from one or organ to another

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fistula

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deep furrow, cleft or split

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fissure

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away from center of body or point of origin

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distal

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nearest to center of body or point of origin

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proximal

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to spit from mouth

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expectorate

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relating to cough

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tussive

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ease with wich a structure or substance may be deformed or distended

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compliance

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power to produce an effect

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efficacy

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shortening or increase in tension

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contraction

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permanent muscular contraction due to tonic spasm or to loss of muscular equilibrium, antagonists being paralyzed

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contracture

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metabolic disease. deficiency of insulin. presentation: glycosuria, water/electrolyte loss, ketoacidosis, coma. complications: neuropathy, retnopathy, nephropathy, degenrative changes in blood vessels

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diabetes mellitus

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inadequate output of adh. presentation: large amounts of pale urine, extreme thirst.

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diabetes insipidus