Nursing Final Exam

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an abnormal neurologic condition in which language is disordered or absent because of an injury to certain areas of the cerebral cortex

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aphasia

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an impaired ability to coordinate movement

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ataxia

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an impairment of the ability to read

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dyslexia

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muscular weakness of one half of the body

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hemiparesis

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paralysis characterized by motor or sensory loss in the lower trunk and limbs

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paraplegia

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paralysis of the arms lags and trunk of the body below the level of an associated injury to the spinal cord

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quadriplegia

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an impairament in the ability perform purposeful acts or to manipulate abjects in the absence or loss of motor power

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apraxia

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a diminished capacity to form and pass urine

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oliguria

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painful, burning urination usually caused by a bacterial infection

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dysuria

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the absence of urine production

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anuria

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the excretion of an abnormally large quantity of urine

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polyuria

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abnormal presence of blood in the urine

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hematuria

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extensive thirst

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polydipsia

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excessive urination at night

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nocturia

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increased formation and secretion of urine

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diuresis

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pertaining to a substance or procedure that reduces fever

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antipyretic

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infection or contamination

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sepsis

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localization tissue death

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necrosis

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a wound or injury or pathologic change in body tissue

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lesion

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narrowing or structure of a passage or vessel

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stenosis

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methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

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MRSA

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disease or infection caused by an organism

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opportunistic

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the partial or complete disappearance of the clinical and subjective characteristics of a chronic or malignant disease

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remission

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an increase in the seriousness of a disease or disorder marked by greater intensity in the sign or symptom of the patient

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exacerbation

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producing or containing pus

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purulent

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an abnormal passage from an internal organ to the body of surface or between two internal organs

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fistuala

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an abnormal intraperitioneal accumalation of a fluid containing large amounts of proteins and electrocytes

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ascites

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an increase in the size of an organ caused by an increase in the size of the cells rather than the number of cells

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hypertrophy

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a small tumorlike growth that projects from a mucous membrane

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polyp

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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COPD

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do not resuscitate

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DNR

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american society of anesthesiologists

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ASA

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mycardial infarction

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MI

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coronary artery disease

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CAD

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blood urea nitrogen

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BUN

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activities of daily living

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ADL

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electrocardiogram

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ECG

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arteriosclerotic heart disease

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ASHD

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complete blood count

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CBC

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Culture and Sensitivity

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C&S

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fever of unknown origin

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FUO

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cerebral spinal fluid

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CSF

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K+

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Potassium

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cerebrovascular accident

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CVA

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Aquired or occurring in a hospital

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nosocomial

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arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unkown cause

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idiopathic

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affecting or tending to affect an a typically large number of people within a population community or region at the same time

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Epidemic

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the cause or causes of a disease or abnormal condition

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etiology

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the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially the structural and functional changes produced by them

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pathology

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the act or art of foretelling the course of a disease

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prognosis

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the art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms

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diagnosis

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a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality

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syndrome

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subjective evidence of a disease or physical disturbance observed by the patient

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symptom

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occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population

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pandemic

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an infectious disease transmissible by direct contact with an affected individual or the individuals discharges or by indirect means

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communicable disease

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defects in or damage to a developing fetus

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congenital disorder

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a disease caused by the entrance into the body of organisms

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infectious disease

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a branch of medical science dealing with methods of preventing the occurrance of disease

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preventive medicine

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a short duration

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acute

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marked by a long duration by frequent recrrence over a long time and often by slowly progressing seriousness

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chronic

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relating to or concerned with the wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of treatment of or dissection into parts

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holistic

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an act of constricting

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constriction

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the action of stretching or enlarging an organ or part of the body

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dilation

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a substance or agent causing cancer

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carcinogen

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relating to functioning like associated with or carried by the lungs

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pulmonary

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affecting or being of the cerebrum

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cerebral

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of or relating to a neck or cervix

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cervical

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of or relating to located within or involving the thorax

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thoracic

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of or relating to located within or front surface of the forearm

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antecubital

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of or relating to the arm or process like an arm

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brachial

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of relating to or constituting the loins or the vertebrae between the thoracic vertebra and sacrum

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lumbar

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of or relating to the foot

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pedal

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of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life

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benign

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tending to produce death or deterioration

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malignant

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and exaggerated and often disabling fear usually unexplicable to the subject and havinh sometimes a logical but usually anillogical or symbolic object or situation

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phobia

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relating to a poison or toxin

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toxic

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insensibility to pain without loss of conciousness

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analgesia

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a local response to cellular injury

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inflammation

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a malignant tumor of epithelial origin

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carcinoma

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directed to toward or situated on or near the head

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cephalic

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situated toward the hind part of the body

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caudal

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involving both the mind and body

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psychosomatic

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a science that deals with the immune system and the cell mediated and humoral aspects of immunity and immune responses

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immunology

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another name for fingers and toes

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digit

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related to or having parts arranged near the wrist

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radial

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of or relating to the stomach

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gastric

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of or relating near a periphery or surface part

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peripheral

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relating to or situated near or toward the front of the body

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anterior

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affecting the left and right sides of the body.

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bilateral

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the maintenance of relatively stable internal physiological conditions

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homeostasis

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situated below and closer to the feet than another and especially and another similar part of the body

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inferior

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lying or extending toward the median axis of the body

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medial

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situated behind

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posterior

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situated toward the head

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superior

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situated near to or near the point of attachment

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proximal

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situated below and closer to the feet than another and especially and another similar part of the body

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inferior

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lying or extending toward the median axis of the body

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medial

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situated behind

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posterior

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situated toward the head

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superior

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situated near to or near the point of attachment

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proximal

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situated away from the point of attachment

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distal

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located near the surface

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superficial

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relating to or common to a system

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systemic

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action of the surface of a part of the body

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topical

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affecting one side of the body

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unilateral

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toward the anterior part of the body

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ventral

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toward the back or posterior part of the body

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dorsal

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relating to internal organs

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visceral

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black

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melano

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alba

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white

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toward the anterior part of the body

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ventral

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toward the back or posterior part of the body

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dorsal

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relating to internal organs

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visceral

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black

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melano

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white

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alba

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purple

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purpur

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red

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erythro

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green

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chloro

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white

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leuko

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ruby red

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rube