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29 Cards in this Set
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Afebrile
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Pertaining to without fever
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Anicteric
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Pertaining to without jaundice
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Arrest
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To stop, inhibit, restrain. A condition of being stopped
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Bifurcate
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Having two forks or two branches or two divisions
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Binary
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Pertaining to separating into two branches or composed of two elements
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Concentration
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the process of being able to bring to the center one thought and focus on it, while excluding other thoughts
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Decompensation
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Failure of a system
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Enucleate
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Remove the kernel of. Used to describe the removal of the eyeball surgically or to remove a cataract. Also means to remove a part or a mass in its entirely
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Extraocular
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Pertaining to the outside of the eyes, as used in describing the extraocular eye muscles. These are the muscles that control eye movement and eye coordination
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Hyperactive
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Nature or quality of excessive activity; this can refer to the entire organism or to a particular entity
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Hypoplasia
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Underdevelopment of a tissue, organ or body
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Insomnia
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Condition of not being able to sleep
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Intermediary
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Pertaining to situated between two bodies or occurring between two periods of time
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Latent
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Lying hidden; quiet; not active
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Lumen
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Space within an artery, vein, intestine, or tube
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Multifocal
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Pertaining to or arising from many locations
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Occlusion
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Process of closing or state of being closed to a passage
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Parasternal
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Pertaining to beside the sternum (breastbone)
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Patent
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Wide open; freely open
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Pericardial
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Pertaining to the pericardium( Sac around the heart)
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Polydactyly
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Pertaining to having more than the normal number of fingers or toes
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Prementrual
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Pertaining to the time before the discharge of the menses
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React
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Literally means to act against; respond to a stimulus; to participate in a chemical reaction
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Regurgitation
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Process of a backward flow of solids or foods from the stomach to the mouth or the backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
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Sign
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Any objective evidence of an illness or disordered function of the body; can be seen, heard, measured, or felt by examiner
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Subacute
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Literally means below sharp; describes a state of between acute and chronic with some acute features
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Superinfection
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New infection caused by a different organism from one that caused an initial infection. It can occur from a harmful effect of an antibiotic, when there is an overgrowth of a resistant strain of bacteria, fungi, or yeast
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Symptom
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Any perceptible change in the function of the body that indicates disease; can be classified as objective (signs), subjective (symptoms described by the patient), and Cardinal (vital signs:temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure)
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Unconscious
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Pertaining to not being aware; lacking in awareness of one's environment
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