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ACCEPT
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to receive willingly; to agree to.
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EXCEPT
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to take out or leave out; not including; other than.
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ADENOCYST
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an adenoma in which there is a cyst formation.
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ADENOSIS
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any DISEASE of the glands; the abnormal development or formation of gland tissue.
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AFFECT
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to produce an effect or change on or to exert an influence over (VERB)
external expression of emotion (NOUN) |
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EFFECT
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to cause to come into being, to bring about, accomplish, execute (VERB)
result, outcome, intent, fulfillment, influence, consequence (NOUN) |
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AFFECTIVE
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relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions.
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EFFECTIVE
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capable of bringing about an effect; exerting positive influence; productive of results, etc.
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AFFERENT
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Centripetal, conveying TOWARD a center.
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EFFERENT
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Centrifugal, conveying AWAY FROM a center.
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ALLUSION
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to refer indirectly or by suggestion
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ELUSION
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escaping the notice of, an avoidance of, the eluding of something
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ILLUSION
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a misleading sensory image, such as a mirage; a false interpretation of a real sensory image
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DELUSION
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a false belief that is firmly maintained in spite of proof or evidence to the contrary.
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AIDE
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a person who acts as an assistant, as an aide de camp, nurse's aide, or a teacher's aide.
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AID
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assistance; an assisting device, as a hearing aid, orthotic aid, or aid in transfers.
NOTE: that the term refers to an object |
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ACCESS
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capacity to enter or approach; to get at
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AXIS
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a line about which a revolving body turns or about which a structure would turn if it did revole; the second cervical vertebra.
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ANURESIS
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RETENTION of urine in the bladder
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ENURESIS
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the involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which urinary control should have been achieved: BED WETTING
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ACIDIC
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of or pertaining to an acid; acid-performing.
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ASCITIC
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pertaining to or characterized by ascites; the effusion and accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity.
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ARTHRECTOMY
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the excision of a joint
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ATHERECTOMY
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the excision of an atheromatous plaque (from an atery).
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ATONIC
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lacking normal tone or strength
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ATOPIC
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pertaining to ATOPY (a genetic predisposition toward the development of hypersensitivity reactions: allergies!)
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ATOXIC
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not poisonous; not due to a poison.
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ATROPHIC
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pertaining to or characterized by ATROPHY: WASTING AWAY (a diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, organ, or part)
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ECTOPIC
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pertaining to or characterized by DISPLACEMENT or MALPOSITION; located away from normal position; arising from abnormal site or tissue.
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AURAL
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pertaining to or perceived by the EAR.
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ORAL
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pertaining to the MOUTH; taken through or applied in the mouth.
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BOLUS
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a rounded mass of food or medicinal preparation ready to swallow.
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BULLOUS
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pertaining to or characterized by bullae (a large vesicle, more than 5 mm in circumference, containing SEROUS or seropurulent FLUID--also called a bleb or a blister).
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BRACHIAL
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pertaining to the ARM
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BRANCHIAL
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pertaining to or resembling the "gills of a fish" and having reference to structures in the lateral neck.
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BRONCHIAL
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pertaining to one or more bronchi (air passages of the lung)
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BULBUS
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a rounded mass or enlargement (NOUN)
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BULBOUS
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having the form or nature of a bulb; bearing or arising from a bulb. (adjective)
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CALLUS
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localized hyperplasia of the horny layer of the epidermis due to pressure or friction (noun)
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CALLOUS
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hard, like callus (adjective)
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