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| abnormal condition, disease |
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| surgically creating an opening |
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| cutting, surgical incision |
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| bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
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| surgical puncture of abdominal cavity to remove fluid |
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| is a word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term. |
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| condition has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration. |
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| producing a radiographic (xray)study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make these blood vessels visible. |
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| surgical removal of the appendix |
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| abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries. |
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| is the surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface. |
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| blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood |
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| a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin. |
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| identification of a disease |
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| frequent flow of loose or watery stools |
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| describes swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissues |
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| pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery |
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| disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first. |
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| a groove or crack-like sore of the skin |
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| abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs, or leading from one organ to the surface of the body |
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| inflammation of the stomach |
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| inflammation of the stomach and the small intestine |
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| any disease of the stomach |
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| loss of a large amount of blood in a small time |
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| abnormal enlargement of the liver |
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| higher than normal blood pressure |
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| invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism |
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| a localized response to an injury or destruction |
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| between but not within the parts of a tissue |
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| pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury |
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| any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus |
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| any pathologic change or disease in the spinal cord |
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| the study, care, and treatment of neonates |
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| inflammation of the nerves |
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| study of the ears, larynx and throat |
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| technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts |
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| study of all aspects of diseases |
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| bones of the fingers and the toes |
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| viral infection of the grey part of the spinal chord |
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| prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder |
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| male gland that lies under the urinary bladder and surrounds the urethra |
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| acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection such as impetigo |
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| discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus (heart burn) |
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| temp or partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure |
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| objective evidence of disease such as a fever |
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| act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward |
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| the formation or discharge of pus |
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| above or outside the ribs |
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| subjective evidence of a disease such as pain or headache |
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| set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specif disease process |
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| inflammation of the tonsils |
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| medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment |
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