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Fluid retention inthe body resulting in swelling.
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Edema
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A disorder in which the lens of the eye becomes partly or completely opaque as a result of the precipitation of proteins.
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Cataract
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The inability to sleep
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Insomnia
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Abatement of disease.
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Remission
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An organism that lives off of another organism.
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Parasite
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A reaction to a bodily disorder.
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Symptom
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An organism in which another microorganism lives and from wich the invading microorganism obtains nourishment.
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Hosts
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A fungal infection from Candida albicans. Occurs most often in infants, immunocompromised patients, and AIDS victims. Characterized by small whitish spots on the tongue and inside of the cheeks.
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Thrush
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Any vast group of minute structures composed of a protein coat and a core of DNA and/or RNA that reproduces in the cells of the infected host. Capable of infecting all animals and plants, causing devastating disease in immunocompromised individuals. __ are not affected by antiobiotics, and are totally dependent on the cells of the infected host for the ability to reproduce.
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Virus
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