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achromatosis
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condition of being without pigment
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agnosia
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inability to recognize sight and sound
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amniography
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radiography of the fetus for abnormalities in the amniotic sac
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anaphylaxis
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p.101
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anoxia
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lack of oxygen
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aphemia
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loss of ability to speak
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ascus
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saclike spore case in which ascospores are formed
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barylalia
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heavy talking (poorly articulated speech)
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bradylexia
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slow reading
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cholemesis
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vomiting bile
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chromophobia
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staining poorly
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dermatophyte
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fungal parasite that grows in or on skin
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diaphragmitis
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inflammation of diapragm
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dipsophobia
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fear of becoming an alcoholic
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dysacousia
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discomfort caused by noises
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dysmnesia
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impairment of memory
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echogram
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record made by echography
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edema
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localized or generalized swelling caused by accumulation in the tissues
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emetic
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agent that promotes vomiting
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hypophrenia
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mental retardation
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lalopathology
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study of speech disorders and pathology
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laparocholecystotomy
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incision into gallbladder into the abdominal wall
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leukopoiesis
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production of white blood cells
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logagnosia
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inability to recognize words
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monophasia
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saying same word/endless repitition
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myelopoiesis
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development of bone marrow
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neostomy
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surgical opening into large/small intestine
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nephremphraxis
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obstruction to circulation in kidney
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osteophyte
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bony outgrowth
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oxyacusis
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keen hearing
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oxyesthesia
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abnormal acuteness of sensation
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paracentesis
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puncture of cavity using hollow needle to withdraw fluid
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paranoid
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abnormal thinking
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paraphemia
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abnormal speech
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parorexia
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irregular appetite
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periphrenitis
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inflammation around diapraghm
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phage
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bacterial virus that destroys bacteria
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phagocytosis
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process in which phagocytes destroy bacteria
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phoniatrics
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study of voice and its medical treatments
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phrenicotomy
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partial cutting of phrenic nerve to immobilize diapraghm on one side to give lung on that side a chance to rest
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physical
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pertaining to physical appearance
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physiognosis
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diagnosis determined by facial expression
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polyphrasia
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talking alot
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psychochromesthesia
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sensations of color not from vision
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stearodermia
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disease of sebaceous glands of skin
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steatoma
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tumor of sebaceous glands
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tachyphasia
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rapid speech
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toxophylaxin
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substance which neutralizes bacteria
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lack or loss of appetite
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anorexia
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excessive vomiting
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hyperemesis
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heavy quality of the voice
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baryphonia
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loss of memory
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amnesia
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difficulty in swallowing
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dysphagia
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production of blood cells
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erythropoiesis
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dullness of hearing
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amblyacousia
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surgical opening of the abdomen
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laparotomy
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abnormal thirst
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polydipsy
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punture of a joint
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arthrocentesis
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without an amnion
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anamniotic
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havine one color
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monochromatic
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decreased oxygen in the blood
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hypoxemia
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causing edema
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dematogenic
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abnormal flow of speech
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lalorrhea
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poison from a plant
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phytotoxin
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denoting a head that is pointed and conelike
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oxycephaly
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vocal weakness
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phonesthenia
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abnormal fear of taking medicines
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pharmacophobia
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inability to swallow
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aphagia
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acanthoid
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possessing thorns/spines
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algophobia
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fear of pain
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amblychromatic
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staining faintly
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amniocentesis
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puncture of amniotic sac to collect fluid for testing
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amniorrhexis
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rupture of amnion (water breaking for labor)
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anisochromatic
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lack of equal pigmentation
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baryophobia
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fear of bearing an obese child
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centesis
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puncture of a cavity
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chromatogenous
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causing pigmentation
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chromidrosis
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excretion of colored sweat
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chromotherapy
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colored light to calm patient
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dyslalia
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difficulty speaking
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echopathy
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pathological repition of anothers words
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ectophyte
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living outside another organism
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erythrophage
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phytocyte that destroys red blood cells
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erythropoiesis
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production of red blood cells
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euphonia
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normal voice
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gastrophrenic
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relating to stomach and diapraghm
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hematophyte
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plant organism in blood
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homogenize
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to make the same
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hypacousia
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impaired hearing
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hyperphrenia
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excessive mental activity
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hypomnesia
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impaired memory
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isochromatic
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having same pigmentation
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lalopathy
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speech disorder
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laparoenterostomy
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connection b/w intestines and abdominal wall
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laparomyitis
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inflammation of abdominal muscles
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leptochromatic
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having fine chromatin network
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monophagia
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apetite for one type of food
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necrophagous
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feeding on dead fish
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odynacusis
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painful hearing
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oligohydramnios
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deficiency in amniotic fluid
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onychophagy
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nail-biting
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paranoia
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abnormal thinking
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paraphrenitis
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inflammation around diapraghm
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phagocytolysis
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breakdown of phagocytes
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pharmacotherapy
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treatment with drugs
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phonopathy
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disease of organs that form speech
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polyphagia
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excessive eating
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prophylactic
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any agent that protects against disease
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pyemia
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pus in the blood
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saprogenic
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causing decay
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splenemphraxis
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obstruction in circulation of spleen
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steatolysis
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disentigration of fat
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steatopathy
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any disease of sebaceous glands
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steatorrhea
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oily skin
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tachylalia
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fast talking
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tachyphrasia
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fast talking
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oxyphonia
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sharp voice
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hydrophobia
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rabies
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amyotrophia
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muscular atrophy
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androgynous
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without definiate sexual characteristics
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ankylodactylia
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fusion of 2 or more fingers or toes
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ankylosis
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immobility of a joint
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antaphrodisiac
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agent the depresses sexual desire
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apoplexy
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fusion of blood into an organ
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atrophy
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decrease in size of muscle tissue
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autoerotism
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masturbation
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brachycephalous
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short but not abnormal head
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chromatophore
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pigment-bearing cell
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cryptanamnesia
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subconscious memory
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demography
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study of population characteristics
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dermonosology
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study of skin disease
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diaphoresis
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profuse sweating
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diplegia
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paralysis of both arms or legs
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dolichocephalic
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having a long narrow skull
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dysphoria
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mood disorder marked by depression and unrest without apparant cause
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dystrophy
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disorder caused by defective nutrition or metabolism
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endemic
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disease that affects specific population
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endodontitis
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inflammation of the dental pulp
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epistaxis
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nosebleed
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erogenous
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causing sexual excitement
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euphoria
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normal health
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euthanasia
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assissted suicide
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gynandroid
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person having hermaphroditic characteristics to be mistaken for a person of the opposite sex
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gynecopathy
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diseases pertaining to women
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helminthiasis
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infestation of worms
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hemidiaphoresis
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sweating on one side of the body
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hermaphrodite
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person have characteristics of both sexes
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heterodromus
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moving in opposite direction
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homoerotic
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homosexul
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hydrorrhachis
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excessive spinal fluid
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hypertrichosis
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excessive growth of hair
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mesodont
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having medium size teeth
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nematology
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study of worms
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nosophyte
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disease causing plant
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odontonecrosis
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decay of teeth
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osteosynthesis
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surgical fastening of ends of fractures bones
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palindromia
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relapse of disease
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pancarditis
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inflammation of the entire heart
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pandemic
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disease that affects a high number of people
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paraplegia
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paralysis of lower half of body
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photodysphoria
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intolerence of light
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photosynthesis
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process where plants manufacture carbs and o2 by co2 and water
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prosopoplegia
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paralysis of facial muscles
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schistocytosis
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condition of having split cells
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schizonychia
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split nails
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spondylolysis
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breakdown of vertebrae
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thanatophobia
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fear of death
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trichogen
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agent that produces hair growth
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resembling a male
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android
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absence of hair
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atrichia
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abnormal shortness of fingers a toes
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brachydactylia
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deformity in which head is inapparent
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cryptocephalous
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abnormally long colon
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dolicho
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producing sexual excitement
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erotogenic
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paralysis of the stomach
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gastroplegia
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resembling of the female
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gynecoid
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study of worms
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helminthology
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pertaining to nutrients carried in the blood
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hemotrophic
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science of diseases
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nosology
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study of death
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thanatology
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hemorrhage from a tooth
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odontorrhagia
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fear of everything
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pantophobia
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around a vertebrae
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paraspondylic
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disintegration under a stimulus of light rays
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photolysis
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inflammation of the spine
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rachitis
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fissure of the face
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schizoprosopia
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relating to life and death
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thanatobiological
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concerned with nourishment
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thropic
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amblychromasia
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cell staining faintly
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anaphrodisiac
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agent repressing sexual desire
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androgynoid
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person having female gonads but 2ndary sex characteristics of a male
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antatrophic
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preventing atrophy
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anthelmintic
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agent that destroys parasitic worms
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aphrodisiac
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stimulating sexual desire
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brachycheilia
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abnormal shortness of lips
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chondrodystrophy
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defect in formation of cartilage__dwarfism
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chromophore
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chemical that displays color in a cell
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craniorachischisis
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fissure of the skull and spine
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cryptogenic
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of unknown origin
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endocrinotherapy
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treatment with endocrine preparations
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erotophobia
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aversion to sexual love
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exodontia
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dentistry that deals with extraction of teeth
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gastroschisis
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fissure that remains open in the wall of the abdomen
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gynandrism
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male hermaphroditism
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gynecophonus
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man having soft, high-pitched voice
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gynoplasty
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reparative surgery of female genitalia
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helminthemesis
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vomiting of intestinal worms
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hypertrophy
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increase in the size of an organ or structure
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hypotrichosis
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deficiency of hair
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melanophore
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cell containing dark pigment
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metachromasia
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where one stain may produce a variety of colors in a tissue
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microdontism
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abnormally small teeth
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nematoid
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threadlike worms
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nephrohypertrophy
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increase in size of kidney
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nosomycosis
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disease caused by fungus
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odontodynia
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toothache
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odontogenic
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formed by a tooth
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oligodontia
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having few teeth
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onychatrophia
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decrease in size of nails
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osteochondrodystrophy
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disorder of bone disformation---dwarfism
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palilalia
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involuntary repitition of words or phrases
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panasthenia
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weakness of the body
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panoptosis
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sagging of all bodily structures
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periodontal
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referring to gums
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photogenic
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induced by light
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rachitome
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instrument used to divide vertebrae
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rhachialgia
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pain in the spine
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sclerotrichia
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split ends
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spondylarthritis
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pain in vertebrae
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spondylopyosis
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formation of pus in or b/w vertebrae
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symphysodactyly
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fingers have grown together
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synthetic
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artificially produced
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toxonosis
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disease caused by poison
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trichophagia
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eating hair
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adeniods
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prominence on back of throat having the appearance of glands
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aerobe
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microbe that is able to live off and reproduce by oxygen
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aerotropism
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tendency of organisms to move toward or away from air
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alloplasia
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development of tissue where it wouldn't normally occur
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ankylochilia
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adhesion of upper and lower lip
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aplasia
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failure of tissue or organ to form normally
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arthroclasia
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intentional breaking of adhesions of a joint to provide movement
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ataxophobia
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dear of untidiness or disorder
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blennadenitis
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inflammation of mucous glands
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celiocentesis
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puncture of the abdomen
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cheiloschisis
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cleft lip
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cholestasia
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arrest of the flow of bile
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chronognosis
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realization of the passage of time
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cystopexy
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surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdomen
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desmoneoplasm
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connective tissue tumor
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dolichomorphic
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body type that is long and slender
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dysstasia
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difficulty in standing
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enteropexy
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fixation of the intestine to the abdominal wall or to another portion of the intestine
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erythromelalgia
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burning, throbbing or reddness of the extremities caused by local dilation of blood vessels
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erythropenia
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deficiency in number of blood cells in the body
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exomphalos
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umbilical protrusion
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geriatrics
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branch of healthcare concerned with the aged
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gnathalgia
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pain in the jaw
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hematomphalocele
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effusion of blood into an umbilical hernia
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hemiataxia
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impaired muscular coordination causing awkward movements of the affected side of the body
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hemodynamics
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study of the forces involved in cirrculating blood through the body
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hyperthermalgesia
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unusual sensitivity to heat
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hypoplasia
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underdevelopment of a tissue or organ
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idiotropic
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egocentric
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ischesis
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supression of a normal discharge
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kleptomania
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impulsive stealing
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leiomyoma
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myoma consisting mainly of smooth muscle tissue
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macrocheilia
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abnormal size of a lip characterized by swelling of glands in the lip
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myotenontoplasty
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restorative surgery to muscle or tendon
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narcolepsy
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recurrent, uncontrollable attacks of daytime sleepiness
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nomogram
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representation by graphs, charts and the relationship between numerical values
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omphaloncus
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umbilical tumor or swelling
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osteoclast
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device for fracturing bones for therapuedic purposes
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pancytopenia
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reduction in all cellular elements of the blood
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parasite
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organism that lives at the expense of another
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pedatrophy
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wasting disease in children
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pericardiorrhaphy
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suture of a wound in the pericardium
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polyadenomatosis
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adenomas in many glands
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presbyiatrics
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synonym for geriatrics
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prognathous
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having jaws projecting forward beyond the rest of the face
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stasis
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stoppage of the normal flow of fluids
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syndesmopexy
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joining of 2 ligaments or fixation of a ligament in a new place
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tenodesis
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surgical fixation of a tendon
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thermanesthesia
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inability to distinguish hot and cold
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device for excising a gland
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adentome
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condition in which limbs are unequal
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anisomelia
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resembling mucous
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blennoid
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abdominal tumor
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celioma
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excision of the lip
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cheilectomy
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CT cell
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desmocyte
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disease affecting ligaments
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desmopathy
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caused by an increase in energy
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dynamogenic
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destructive to cells
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cytoclastic
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physician who specializes in the care of elderly people
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geriatrician
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condition marked by possession of the same form
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isomorphism
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fear of stealing
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kleptophobia
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suture of the abdominal wall
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celiorrhaph
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decrease in white blood cells
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leukopenia
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abnormal smallness of the lower jaw
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micrognathia
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defective formation of the spinal cord
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myelodysplasia
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umbilical hemorrhage
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omphalorrhage
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plastic surgery of the nose
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rhinoplasty
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any poisin in food
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sitotoxin
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measurement of temperature
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thermometry
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adenoidectomy
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excision of the adeniods
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aerotitis
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inflammation of the middle ear
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aerothermotherapy
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therapuetic use of hot air
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anerythroplasia
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inability to distinguish the color red
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angiorrhaphy
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suture of a blood vessel
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aptyalia
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absence or deficiency in secretion of saliva
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atelognathia
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incomplete development of the jaw
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blennemesis
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vomitting mucous
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celiac
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pertaining to the abdominal cavity
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cheilophagia
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habit of lip-biting
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chronobiology
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study of effects of time on biochemistry
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cryptolith
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concretion of a glandular follicle
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desmorrhexis
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rupture of a ligament
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dynamic
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pert. to a vital force
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endoparasite
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parasite living within its host
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enterosepsis
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bacteria in intestines produce intestinal sepsis
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gastropexy
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suturing of stomach to abdominal walls for correction of displacement
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gnathoschisis
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jaw cleft
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hemostasis
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arrest of bleeding or circulation
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hidradenitis
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inflammation of sweat glands
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hydropenia
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deficiency of water in the body
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hypoptyalism
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decreases salivary secretion
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ischemia
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deficiency of blood flow to an organ or tissue
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leiotrichous
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having smooth or straigt hair
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leptomeninges
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piamater and arachnoid as distinct from duramater, b/c of their thinner structures
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maniacal
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affected with insanity
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melalgia
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pain of the neural origin in the limbs
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myodynamometer
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device for measurement of muscular strength
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myoischemia
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localized deficiency of blood to muscle tissure
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nephrotropic
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agent affecting the kidneys
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nomography
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construction of a nomogram
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odontoclasis
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breaking of a tooth
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omphalorrhexis
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rupture of the navel
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oreximania
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mad craving to eat
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pachycheilia
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unusual thickness of lips
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pedomorphism
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retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
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periomphalic
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located around or near the navel
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phototropism
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tendency of plants to grow towards light
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phrenohepatic
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concerning the diaphragm and liver
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prostatodynia
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having signs of prostatitis but no actual inflammation of prostate
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pseudoedema
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puffy condition of the skin stimulating edema
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ptyalolithiasis
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stone in a salivary duct or gland
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schistocelia
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abdominal fissure
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scleradenitis
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inflammation and induration of a gland
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sitotoxism
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food poisoning by vegetables
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stereotropism
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response toward or away from a solid object
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synchilia
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adhesion of the lips
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tenorrhaphy
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suturing of a tendon
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adipose
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pert. to fat
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adrenaline
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trade name for epinephrine
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auricula
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external ear
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bacillar
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pert. to or caused by bacilli
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biceps
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muscle with 2 heads
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bursae
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padlike sac filled with fluid to reduce friction
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calcipenia
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calcium deficiency in body tissues and fluid
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calorimeter
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instrument for determining the amount of heat exchanged in a chemical reaction
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capitulum
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small, rounded articular end of a bone
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cerebellum
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little brain under occipital lobe
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costotome
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knife or shears for cutting through a rib or cartilage
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denticle
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small toothlike projection
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diplobacillus
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a pair of bacilli, linked end to end
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dorsad
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toward the back
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externalize
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in surgery, to provide exposure to the outside
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fibromyoma
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fibrous tissue myoma
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fistula
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abnormal tubelike passage from a normal cavity or tube to a free substance or another cavity
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frigotherapy
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treatment using cold temperatures
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insulin
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hormone that controls metabolism of sugars, proteins, and fats
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internal
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within the body
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leiomyofibroma
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benign tumor composed of smooth muscle and fibrous Ct
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meatoscopy
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instrumental examination of the meatus
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myelfibrosis
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disorder marked by overproduction of a single stem cell clone and reactive bone marrow fibrosis
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myofibril
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microscopic fibril found in muscle cells
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nasal
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pert. to the nose
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neurotropic virus
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virus that affects nerves
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nonose
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9-carbon carb
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occiput
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the back part of the skull
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osteosynovitis
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inflammation of a synovial membrance and the surrounding bones
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pertussis
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whooping cough
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polyradiculitis
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inflammation of nerve roots especially in the spinal cord
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postnasal
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located behind the nose
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purulent
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forming or containing pus
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radiculomeningomyelitis
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inflammation of nerve roots, meninges and spinal cord
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radix
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root portion of cranial or spinal nerve
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renogastric
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pert. to kidneys and stomach
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sanguine
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optimistic cheerful or bloody
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