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23 Cards in this Set
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remedy for poison or evil
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antidote
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substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood
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astringent
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severe, stern
casing contradiction |
astringent
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not dangerous
gentile, kindly |
benign
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recover health after injury, recuperative
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convalesce
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person recovering from illness
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convalescence
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form puss, rankle, rot, putrefy
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fester
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one who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from imagined illness
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hypochondriac
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resistance
freedom, exemption |
immunity
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restraint to a disease
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immunize
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injury, hurt
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lesion
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threatening to cause death
very evil |
malignant
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gruesome
having to do with disease |
morbid
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morally harmful
pertaining to plague, deadly |
pestilential
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set of rules, esp. to improve health
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regimen
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healthful
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salubrious
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greasy, secreting sebum
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sebaceous
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curative
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therapeutic
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poisonous
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toxic
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salve, ointment
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unguent
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caused by a virus
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viral
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extremely deadly, poisonous, venomous
very bitter |
virulent
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disease too small to be seen through a microscope
corruptive force |
virus
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