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disease
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deviation or interruption of norm
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symptom
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subjective evidence of disease
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syndrome
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many symptoms together
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etiology
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cause of a disease or disorder
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auscultation
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listening with stethescope
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inspection
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looking at parts of the body that are affected
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palpatation
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act of feeling with fingers
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percussion
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tapping with finger on body wall to detect variation in sound
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deficiency
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a lack or defect
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degenerative
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pertaining to deterioration
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developmental
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abnormality in development of tissue, organ or body part
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essential
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diseases where cause is unknown; assumed to have arisen spontaneously
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familial
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occurring more often in a family than is likely to happen by chance
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functional
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disturbance of function without evidence of some type of abnormality
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hereditary
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genetically transmitted from parent to offspring
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idiopathic
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unknown cause, arising spontaneously
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infectious
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caused by an infection
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molecular
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caused by abnormality in chemical structure
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neoplastic
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pertaining to new and abnormal growth (tumor)
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nutritional
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due to nutritional factors
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organic
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demonstrable abnormality in body structure
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traumatic
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from injury
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acquired
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not born with it
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acute
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short and severe course
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asymptomatic
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having no symptoms
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chronic
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persisting over a long period of time
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congenital
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present at birth
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disabling
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impairment of normal functions
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end-stage
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progressively deteriorating
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intermittent
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symptoms at intervals
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malignant
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becoming progressively worse, eventually causing death
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neonatal
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affecting newborns
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paroxysmal
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sudden recurrence /intensification of symptoms
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progressive
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advancing, going forward
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recurrent
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reappears after it has gone away
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relapsing
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return after cessation
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remissive
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most or all of symptoms have gone away
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sequela
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disease that continues after the original disease goes away
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subacute
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not acute, not chronic, inbetween
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terminal
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expected to end in death, no matter what the treatment
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