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| Dysentary caused by ameba's |
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Phobia regarding eating food/weight/body image.
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| Accumulation of serous fluid in the abdomen |
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| Profound/marked state of disorder, usual sickness/malnutrition |
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| Replacement of liver tissue with fibrous tissue |
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| Painful use of intestines, major constipation |
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| A procedure to remove (filter) waste products from blood of a patient whose kidneys no longer function. |
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| Painful/Difficult digestion (symptoms include but aren't limited to nasuea/vomiting/heart burn) |
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| Enlargement of veins/arteries of the stomach. Caused by ulceration and can lead to bleeding |
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| Inflammation of the liver |
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| Complete or partial blocking of large intestine |
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| Hernia where intestine enters inguinal canal (most in males) |
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| Yellowish coloration of the whites in the eyes |
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| Black, tarry stool. Accompanied with blood (usually from upper digestive tract) |
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Weighing two-three times ideal body weight (associated with life-threatening diseases)
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| Being infected with Salmonella |
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| Jaw tightening due to spasms/disease of the trig(eminal) |
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| Inflammation of the bowel disease, Ulcers |
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| Unconcious, abnormal swallowing of air (early onset of hyperventilation although unknown to patient) |
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| Food poisoning caused by the protein Botulin |
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| Bulmia. Binging on food (eating excessive amounts) then makes self throw up |
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| Inflammation of Bile ducts |
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| Acute infection of the small intestines, |
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| Diverticula in the colon (with absence of inflammation) |
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| Acid Reflux, backwards flow of contents from the stomach to the esophagus |
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| Any Hernia through the esophagus diaphragm |
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| Abnormal accumluation of fat |
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| flow in opposite in direction |
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| Abnormal twisting of intestines (common in new borns and fetusi) |
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| Prostate Specific Antigen |
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| Term used to describe some types of treatment of prostate cancer, describes the removal of a body part or the destruction of its function by surgery, hormones, drugs, heat, chemicals, electrocautery, or another method |
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| Smallest part of lung system, where gas is exchanged into the capillaries |
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| Creation of channel between blood vessels and organs due to surgery/trauma/deformation |
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| Medical professional who specializes in administering anethesia, but is not a physician, form example, a nurse anesthetist |
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| the absense of oxygen from the body's gases, blood, or tissues |
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| Coal miner's pneumoconiosis, Black Lung diease, caused by inhalation of coal dust, chronic |
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| Medicaiton that prevents vomiting |
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| Cough medicine, is administered to prevent or relieve coughing |
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| Loss of ability of the larynx to produce normal speech sounds |
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| absence of spotaneous respiration |
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| A canker sore, or mouth ulcers. Grey-white pits with a red border in the soft tissues lining the mouth |
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| Caused by asbestoiss particles in the lung and usually occurs after working with abestos |
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| Known as suffication, Any interruption of normal breathing resulting in asphyxia |
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| Can occur when a foreign substance, such as vomit, is inhaled into the lung |
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| the condition that occurs when the body cannot get the air it needs to function |
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| Chronic allergic disorder characterized by episodes of severe breathing difficulty, coughing, and wheezing |
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| Branch of medicine concered with the prevention and control of obesity and assoiciated disease |
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| Growth on prostate (enlarged prostate) |
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| Abnormal slow rate of respiration usually of less than 10 breaths per minute |
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| Medication that expands the opening of the passages into the lungs |
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| excessive discharge of mucus from teh bronchi |
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| Visual examination of the bronchi using a bronchoscope |
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| A contraction of the smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles that tighten and squeeze the airway shut |
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| Passage of a catheter into a cavity in the body |
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| which can be prededed by a warning aura, is characterized by thrbobbing on one side of the head |
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| Cheilitis, disorder of the lips charaterized by crack-like sores at the corners of the mouth |
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| Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
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| A pattern of alternating periods of hypopnea or apnea, followed by hyperpnea |
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| Bile ducts from liver to gall bladder/intestines |
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| Radiographic examination of the gall bladder |
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| Pain due to inflamtion of the gall bladder |
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| Incision to remove gall stones |
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| Presense/formation of gall stones |
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| Procedure where a rubber tube with a camera in inserted into the anus and takes a picture of the inner lining of the large intestine |
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| Acute respiratory syndrome in children and infants characterized by the obstruction of the larynx, hoarseness, and a barking cough |
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| Genetic disorder in which the lungs and pancreas are clogger with large quantities of abnormallu large mucus |
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| Hernia involving the urinary muscles/tracts |
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| Surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall |
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| Catherterization of an optic tube into the bladder. |
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| Acute bacterial infection of the throat and uppser respiratory tract |
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| Excreting excessive amounts of urine |
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| Plural muscus sacs, normal or caused by herniation |
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| Thick, tough, outermost membrane of the meninges |
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| Any change in the vocal quality, including hoarseness, weakness, or the cracking of a boy's (or girls) voice during puberty |
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| Shortness of breath (SOB), is difficult or laboured breathing |
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Progressive loss of lung function that is characterized by
1. Decrease in total number of alveoli
2. enlargment of remaining alveoli
3. progessive destruction of the walls of the remaining alveoli |
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| Passage of a tube through the nose or mouth into the tachea to establish or maintain an open airway |
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| Unctrolled excretion of urine |
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| Congentital defect where urether's upper wall is nonexistant |
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| Nose-bleeding, usually caused by injury, excessive use of blood thinners, or bleeding disorder |
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| Extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy |
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| Destruction of stones with the use of high energy ultrasonic waves traveling through water or gel |
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| Stomach tube, for feeding |
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| Qualitative analysis of blood in stool samples. Checks activity of peroxidase |
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| The process by which waste products are filtered directly from the patient's blood (outside the body) |
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| coughing up blood or blood stained sputum derived from teh lungs of bronchial tubes as the result of a pulmonary or bronchial hemorrhage |
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| Collection of blood in the pleural cavity |
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| Cold sores, or fever blisters, Blister like sores on the lips and adjacent facial tissue that are caused by the oral herpes simplez virus type 1 |
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| Swelling of kidneys, when urine flow is obstructed |
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| Distention/dilation of the ureter due to blockage in the urine tract |
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| Abnormal build up of carbon dioxide in the blood |
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| Enlargement of organ, because increase of cells |
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| shallow or slow respiration |
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| Shallow or slower respiration |
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| Uthrea opens up on the lower wall(?) |
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| Condition of having below normal oxygen level in the blood |
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| Condition in which excess cerbrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the brain |
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| Inability to control excretory functions |
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| Weakening of bladder muscles |
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| Radiologic test to visualize the urinary tract and kidneys |
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| Surgical removal of te larnyx |
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| Inflammation of the larynx, usually describes voice loss |
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| The visual examination of the larynx using a laryngoscope inserted through the mouth and placed into the pharynx to examine the larnyx |
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| Surgical incision for the removal of a stone from the bladder |
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| Congenital hernoation of the meninges through a defect in the skull or spinal column |
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| Rare form a cancer the develops from transformed cells originating in the mesothelium (ie pleura, peritoneum, pericardium) |
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| which can be preceded by a warning aura, is characterized by throbbing on one side of the head. |
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| Atomizer, pumps air or oxygen through a liguid medicine to turn it into a vapor, which is then inhaled by the patient in a face mask or mouth piece |
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| Dilation of pelvic area of kidney |
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| Freeing of a kidney from adhesions |
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Chemical substances that make it possible for messages to cross from the synaps of a neuron to the target receptor
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| Wetting the bed, urinating during sleep |
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| Urine production (production of hormones/liquid) |
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| Infrequent/diminished urination/production |
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| Consists of the bone and soft tissue that surround & support the teeth |
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| Series of wave-like contractions of smooth muscles in a single direction |
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| Lining of the peritoneal cavity acts as the filter to remove waste from the blood (inside the body) |
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| whooping cough, contagious bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract that is characterized by recurrent bouts of paroxysmal cough, followed by breathlessness, and a noisy inspiration |
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| Perutaneous Nephrolithotomy |
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| Preformed by making a small incision in the back and insertign a nephroscope to crush and remove a kidney stone |
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| Sore Throat, inflammation of the pharynx |
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| Surgical repair of the pharynx |
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| Surgical removal of part of the pleura |
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| Pleuritis, inflammation of the pleura that produces sharp chest pain with each breathe |
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| Pain in the pleura that occurs in relation to breathing movements |
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| Surgical removial of all or part of the lung |
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| Accumulation of air in teh pleaural space causing a pressure imbalance that prevents that lung from fully expanding or can cause it to collapse |
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| Polycystic kidney disease |
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| Cysts form on the kidneys, the immune system kills off the entire kidney, genetic, life threatening |
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| Sleep Apnea Study, measures physiological activity during sleep and is most often performed to detect nocturnal defects in breathing associated with sleep apnea |
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| Excessive secretion of urine |
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| Surgically fixing a collasped rectum |
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| Prostate-specific antigen |
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| Tumor marker specific to prostate cancer |
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| Decrease in force of peeing, usually because of hyperplasia of prostate |
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| A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the lung and associated tissue. |
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| External monitor placed on the patient's finger or earlobe to measure the oxygen saturation level in the blood |
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| surgical repair of the renal pelvis |
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| Colonoscopy with short rigid tube to check lower bowel |
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| Inflammation of the sinuses |
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| Hemorrhage from the mouth, bleeding oraly |
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| Abnormally rapid rate of respiration of more than 20 breaths per minute |
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| Abnormally rapid rate of respiration of more than 20 breaths per minute |
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| Surgical puncture of the chest wall with a needle to obtain fluid from the pleural cavity |
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| Surgical creation of an opening into the chest cavity |
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| Creation of a stoma into the tachea and inserting a tube to facilitate the passage of air or the removal of secreations |
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| Usually an emergency procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea to gain access to the airway below a blockage |
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| An infectious disease cause by Myobacterium Tuberculosis, usualy attacks the lungs however, it can also affect other parts of the body |
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| Surgical sutuing of ureter |
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| Surgical fixation of the urethra |
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| Fistula from the bladder to the vagina |
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| Synonym for emptying bladder |
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| Absence/suppression of urine formation/excretion |
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| the collaspse of part of all of a lung by blockage of the air passageways or by the very shallow breathing |
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| Inflammation of the bladder |
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| Surgical creating of passage way between stomach and duodenum |
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| Inflammation of the kidneys due to ineffective filter sacs |
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| Presence of proteins in urine (usually albumin) |
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| Low levels of protein in blood (total) |
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| Calcification in the kidneys |
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| floating/mobile kidney (out of place) |
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| Formation/discharge of pus |
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| Accumulation of urine in the blood |
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| urthrea inflamation, caused by infection, hot pee |
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| Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord |
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| Group of disorders involving the parts of brain that control thought, memory, and language |
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| Describes the mental activities associated with thinking, learning, and memory |
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| Slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgement hat is often accompanied by personality changes |
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| Inflammation of the brain, can be caused by a viral infection such as rabies, WNV (west nile virus), EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis) |
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| A chrinic, degenerative central nervous disorder charaterized by fine muscle tremors, rigidity, and a slow or shuffling gait |
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| Pontentially seriouys or deadly disorder in children that is characterized by vomiting and confusion, often after a viral infection |
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| A violent shaking up or jarring of the brain, which may result in a temporary loss of awareness and function |
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| Bruising of the brain tissue as the result f a head injury that causes the brain to bounce against the rigid bone of the skull |
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| Collection of blood trapped in the tissues of the brain |
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| Describes the result of a child being violently shaken by someone. This action can cause brain injury, blidness, fractures, seizures, paralysis, and death |
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| A lowered level of conciousness marked by listlessness, drowsiness, and apathy |
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| Fainting, the brief loss of consciousness caused by decreased flow of blood to the brain |
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| Profound (deep) state of unconsciousness marked by the absence of spontaneous eye movements, no response to painful stimuli, and the lack of speech |
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| Acute condition of confusion disorientation, disordered thinking, and memory, agitation, and hallucinations |
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| A stroke or CVA, which is damage to the brain that occurs when the blood flow to the brain is dirupted because a blood vessel is either blocked or has ruptured |
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| The most common tupe of stroke in older people, occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is blocked, may be caused by narrowing of the carotid artery or by a cerebral thrombus (ANYTHING) |
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| Known as a bleed, occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks |
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| Sleep disorder consiting of sudden and uncontrollable brief episodes of falling asleep during the day |
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| Inflammation of the spinal cord |
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| Nerce pain caused by pressure on the spinal nerve roots in the neck region |
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| Progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation that causes demyelination of the myelin sheath. Sheath protecting conductive part of nerve deteriorating |
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| Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Baseball Player) |
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| Known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rapidly progressive neurological disease that attacks their nerce cells responsible for contorlling voluntary muscles |
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| Temporary Paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve that causes paralysis only of the affected side of the face |
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| Infectious polyneuritis, as in inflammation of the nyelin sheath of peripheral nerves, characterized by rapidly worsening muscle weakness that can lead to temporary paralysis |
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| Inflammation of the sciatic nerve that results in pain, burning, and tingling along the course of the afected sciatic nerve through the thigh, leg and foot |
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| Characterized by sever lightning-like pain due to an inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve |
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| Chronic neurologic condition characterized by recurrent episodes of seizures of varying severity |
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| Persistent, sever burning pain that usually folllows an injury to a sensory nerve |
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| A condition of abnormal and excessive sensitivity to touch, pain, ot other sensory stimuli |
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| Refers to the burning or prickling sensation that is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body |
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| Peripheral Neuritis, A disorder of the nerves that carry information to and from the brain and spinal cord |
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| Ultrasound study of the carotid artery |
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| Use of ultrasound imaging to diagnose a shift in the midline structures of the brain |
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| The process of recording the electrical activity of the brain through the use of electrodes attached to the scalp |
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| A radiographic study of the spinal cord after the injection of a contrast medium through a lumbar puncture |
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| Medication used to induce anesthesia |
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| Regional anethesia produced by injecting a local anesthetic into the epidural space of the lumbar or sacral region of the spine |
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| Mental conditions characterized by excessive irrational dread of everyday sitatations, or fear that is out of proportion to the real danger in a situation |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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| An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted obsessions and/or compulsion |
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| Characterized by a group of intense emotional feelings that include apprehension, fearfulness, and terror |
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| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) |
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| May develop after an event involving actual or threatened death or injury to the individual or someone else, during which the person felt intense fear, helplessness, or horror |
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| Excessive fear of being in high places |
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| Abnormal fear of being in narrow of enclosed spaces |
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| Known as autistic disorders, describes a group of condition in which a young child cannot develop normal social relationships, compulsively follows repetitive routines, and frequently has poor communication skills |
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| Known as a developmental reading disorder, is a learning disability characerized by substandard reading achievement due to the inability of the brain to process symbols |
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| A condition in which an individual acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick |
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| A sensory perception experienced in the absence of an extrenal stimulation |
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| A psychotic disorder usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degree by other emotional, behavioral or intellectual disturbances |
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| Exxcessive, preoccupation, madness |
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| A disorder characterized by the repeated action of pulling out one's hair |
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| A false personal belief that is maintained despite obvious proof or evidence to the contrary |
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| Condition charaterized by fearing that one has a serious illness despite appropriate medical evaluation and reassurance |
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| Involving sudden and severe mental changes or seizure caused by abrubtly stopping the use of alcohol |
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| Appendages or accessory structures of an organ |
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| Normal relationship between the refractive power of the eye and the shape of the eye that enables light rays to focus correctly on the retina |
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| Doctor of Optometry, and specializes in measuring the accuracy of vision to determine whether corrective lenses are needed |
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| Simply as ptosis, is drooping of the upper eyelid that is usually due to paralysis |
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| Internal Stye, swelling inside the eyelid resulting form obstruction of sebaceous gland |
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| Eversion of the edge of an eyelid |
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| Inversion of the edge of an eyelid |
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| Known as a stye, is a pus filled lesion on the eyelid resulting from an infection in the sebaveous gland |
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| Swelling surronding the eye of eyes |
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| Pink eye, inflammation of the conjunctivia that is usually caused by infection/allegy |
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| Inflammation of the lacrimal gland that can be caused by bacterial, viral, or fungal infection |
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| Dry eye, is drying of eye surfaces including the conjunctiva |
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| Known as anterior uveitis, is an inflammation of the uveal tract affection primarily structures in the front of the eye |
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Inflammtion of the cornea
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| Benign growth on the cornea that can become large enough to distort vision |
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| Inflammation of the sclera, white of the eye |
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| Where pupils are unequal size |
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| Loss of transparency of the lens that causes progressive loss of visual clarity |
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| Known as chocked disk, is swelling and inflmmation of the optic nerve at the point of entrace into the eye though the optic nerve |
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| Involuntary, constant, rhythmic movement of the eyeball that can be congenital or caused by a neuological injury or drug use |
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| A group of disease characterized by increased intraocular pressure hat cause damange to the reinal nerce fibers and the optic nerve |
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| Double vision, the perception of two images of a single object |
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| Blindness in one half of the visual field, Nyctalopia |
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| Known as night bindess, is a condition in which an individual with normal daytime vision has difficulty seeing at night |
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| Common changes in the eyes that occur with aging |
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| Disorder in which the eyes point in different directions or are not aligned correctly because the eye muscles are unable to focus together |
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| Known as cross-eyes, a strabismus characterized by an inward deciation on one or both eyes |
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| Known as walleye, a strabismus characterized by outward deviation of one eye relative to the other |
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| Any error of refraction in which images do not focus properly on the retina |
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| Condition in which the eye does not focus properly because of uneven curvatures of the cornea |
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| Known as farsightedness,is a defect in which light rays focus beyond the retina |
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| Known as nearsightedness, is a defect in which light rays focus in front of the retina |
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| Dimness in vision or the partial loss of sight, especially in one eye without detectable disease of the eye |
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| Known as funduscopy, is the visual examination of the fundus (back part) of the eye with an opthalmoscope |
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| Measurement of intraocular pressure |
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| Radiographic study of blood vessels in the retina of the eye following the intravenous inhection of a fluorescein dye as a contrast medium |
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| Partial, or complete suturing together of the upper and lower eyelids |
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| surgical procedure to treat myopia |
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| Removal of vitreous fluid and its replacment with a clear solution |
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| Surgical removal of a portion of the tissue of the iris |
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| Used to treat open-angle glaucoma buy creating openingsin the trabecular meshwork to allow fluid to drain properly |
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| Used to reattach the detached area in the reinal detachment |
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| Known as swimmer's ear, is a fungal infection of the external auditory canal |
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| Pressure-related ear discomfort that can be caused by pressure changes when flying, driving in the mountains, scube diving, or when the Eustachian tube is blocked |
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| Known as salpingitis, inflammation of the Eustachian tube |
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| contagious inflammation that cuases painful blisters on the eardrum |
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| Anylosis of the bones of the middle ear resulting in a conductive hearing loss |
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| Inflammation of the middle ear |
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| Sense of whirling, dizziness, and loss of balance, often combined with nausea and vomiting |
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| Ringing, buzzing, or roaring sound in one or both ears |
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| Normal changes due to age of hearing |
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| Use of air pressure in the ear canal to test for disorders of the middle ear |
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| Surgical removal of mastoid cells |
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| Surgical incision in the eardrum to create an opening for the placement of tympanistomy tubes |
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| Known as pediatric ear tubes, they are tiny ventilating tubes placed through the eardrum to provide ongoing drainage for fluids and to relieve pressure that can build up after childhood ear infections |
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| Surgical removal of the top position of the stapes bone and the insertion of small prosthetic device known as a piston that conducts sound vibrations to the inner ear |
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| surgical removal of all or portion of the labyrinth |
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| Implanted electronic device that can give a deaf person a useful auditory understanding of the environment and/or hearing and help them to understand speech |
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| Noninfected lesion formed by the buildup of sebum and keratin in a hair follicle |
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| Over-activity of the sebaceous glands that results in the prodection of excessive amounts of sebum |
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| Abnormal sweating, profusely sweating |
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| Known as heat rash, and prickly heat, is an intensely itchy rash aused by the blockage of the sweat glands by bacteria and dead cells |
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| Inflammation of the hair follicles |
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| Presence of excessive body and favial hair in women, usually occuring in a male pattern |
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| Baldness, is the partial or complete loss of hair, most commonly on the scalp |
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| Known as spoon nail, a malformation of the nails in which the outer surface is concave or scooped out like a bowl of a spoon |
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| Ingrown toenail, the edges of a toenail curve inward and cut into the skin |
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| fungal infection of the nail |
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| Acute or chronic infection of the skin fold around a nail |
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| genetic condition characterized by a defeciency or the absence of pigment in the skin, hair and irises of the eye |
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| Melasma, or mask of pregnancy, a pigmentation disorder characterized byu brownish spots on the face |
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| MJ, skin condition resulting from the destruction of melanocytes due to unknown causes |
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| Bruise, a large irregular area of purpish discoloration due to bleeding under the skin |
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| Appearance of multiple purple discolorations on the skin caused by bledding underneath the skin (smalled than eccymoses) |
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| Very small, pinpoiunt, hemorrhages that are less than 2mm in diameter (smalled than pupura) |
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| Macula, Discolored, flat spot that is less than 1 cm in diameter |
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| Small, raised red lesion that is less than .5 cm in diameter and does not contain pus |
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| Warts, are small, hard lesions, caused by the human papilloma virus |
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| Welt, small bump that itches |
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| Large blister is usually more than .5 cm in diameter |
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| Soft tissue, raised, dark-reddish-purple birthmark |
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| means an inflamation of the skin |
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| Form of persistent or recurring dermatitis that is usually characterized by redness, itching, and dryness, with possible blistering crackling, oozing, or bleeding |
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| Redness of the skin due to capillary dilation |
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| Abnormal redness of the entire skin surface |
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| Condition in which there is widespread scaling of the skin, often with pruritus, eyrthroderma and hair loss |
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| Group of hereditary disorders characterized by dry, thickened, and scaly skin |
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| Painful fat syndrome, is a chronic abnormal condition that is characterized by the accumulation of fat and fluid in the tissues just under the skin |
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| Known mainly as Lupus, autoimmune disorder charaterized by a red scaly rash on the face/upper trunk |
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| Common skin disorder characterized by flare-ups in which red papules covered with silvery sclaes occur on the elbows, knees, scalp, back, or buttocks |
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| Adult acne, charaterized by tiny red pimples and broken blood vessels |
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| Auntoimmune disorder in which the connective tissues become thickened and hardened causing the skin to become hard and swollen |
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| Hives, are itchy wheals caused by allergic reaction |
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| Xerosis, excessively dry skin |
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| Acute, repidly spreading infection within the connective tisues that is characterized by malaise, swelling + |
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| Boils, large tender swollen areas caused by a staphylococcal infection around hair follicles or sebaceous glands |
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| cluster of connected furncles |
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| Highly contagious bacterial skin infection that commonly occurs in children |
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| Severe condition caused by Group A strep bacteria (flesh eating bacteria) |
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| Fungal infection that can grow on the skin, hair, or nails (RING WORM) |
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| Skin infection caused by an infestation with the itch mite, which causes smalle itchy bumps and blisters due to timy mites that burrow into the top layer of human skin to lay their eggs |
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| A normal scar, from a healing wound |
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| gernal term used to desribe small, knot-like swllings of granulation tissue in the epidermis |
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| Abnormally raised or thickened scar that expands beyond the boundaries of the incision |
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| Any skin growth such as a wart or callus, in which there is overgrowth and thickening of the skin |
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| Benign slow growing fatty tumor located between the skin and the muscle layer |
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| Atypical moles that can develope into skin cancer |
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| Benign, superficial wart-like growth on the epithelial tissue or elsewhere in the body, such as in the bladder |
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| Precancerous skin growth that occurs on sun-damaged skin |
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| Originates as a malignant tumor of the saly squamous cells of the epithelium, however, it can quickly spread to other body systems |
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| Knwon as Melanoma, type of skin cancer that occurs in the melanocytes |
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| Removal of dirt, foreign objects, damaged tissue, and cellular debris from a qound to prevent infections and to promote healing |
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| Known as a lid lift. The surgical reduction of the upper and lower eyelids by removing excess fat, skin and muscle |
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| Face ift, the surgical removal of excess skin and fat around the face to eliminate wrinkles |
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| Function of Endrocrine System |
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| To produce hormones (from glands) which have an effect elsewhere in teh body (at receptors, cellsor tissues) often to maintain homeostasis |
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| Secreted by adipocytes, (fat cells) |
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| Follicule Stimulating Hormone (FHS) |
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| Stimulates the secretion of estrogen and the growth of ove (eggs) in the ovaries of the female, or sperm production in males |
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| Stimulates ovulation in teh female and production of the female sex hormone, progesterone in males it stimulates secretion of testosterone |
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| Antidiurectic Hormone (ADH) |
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| Maintains the water balance within the body by promoting the reabsorption of water through the kidneys |
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| abnormal enlargement of the extremeties (hands and feet) that is caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone after puberty |
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| known as giantism, abnormal overgrowth of teh entire body that is caused by excessive secretion of teh growth hormone before puberty |
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| Pathology resulting in the excessive secretion by the pituitary gland |
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| Any disorder of the pituitary function |
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| Pituitary tumor, slow-growing benign tumor of the pituitary gland |
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| Known as Prolactinoma-producing adenoma, a benging tumor of the pituitary gland |
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| Caused by insufficient production of the antidiuretic hormone or by the inability of the kidneys to repsond appropriately to that hormone |
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| A tumor of the pineal gland that can disrupt the production of melatonin |
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| Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease in which the body's own antibodies attack and destroy the cells of the thyroid gland |
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| Adult hypothyroidism. Caused by extreme deficieny of thyroid secretion |
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Thyrotoxicosis, imbalance of metabolism caused by the over prouduction of thyroid hormones
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| An autoimmune disorder that is caused by hyperthyroidism, and is charaterized by goiter and/or exopthalmos |
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| Enlargement of the thyroid gland |
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| Abnormal protrusion of the eyeball out of the orbit |
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| Characterized by abnormally high concentrations of calcium circulating in the blood instead of being stored in the bones |
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| Blood sugar, the basic form of energy used by the body |
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| Form in which liver stores the excess glucose |
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| Hormone secreted by the alpha cells of the pancreatic islets in response to low blood sugar levels |
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| Beign tumor of the pancreas that causes hypoglycemia by sereting additional insulin |
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| Inflammation of the pancreas |
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| Abnormally high concentration of glucose in the blood |
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| Condition of excessive secretion of insuling into the bloodstream |
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A group of metabolic disorders cahracterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both
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| Occurs when the diabetes damages the tiny blood vessels in the retina, causing blood to leak into the posterior segment of the eyeball |
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| Adrenaline, released in response to stress or other stimuli, causing a faster heart beat, raising blood pressure and helping the liver to release glucose |
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| Occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormones cortisol or aldosterone |
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| Anti-inflammatory hormone |
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| Maintains a salt water balance |
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| Abnormality of electrolute balance caused by low amounts of aldosterone |
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| Abnormality of electrolyte balance cuased by the excessive secretion of aldosterone |
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| Disorder of the adrenal glands caused by the excessive production of aldosterone |
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| Benign tumor of the adrenal medulla that causes the gland to produce excess epinephrine |
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| Hypercorisolism, caused by prolonged exposure to high levels of cortisol (Moon face) |
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| Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy |
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| Minimally invasive procedure to surgically remove on or both adrenal glands |
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| Secreted by the testicles, stimulates the development of male secondary sex characteristics |
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| Important in the development of the female secondary sex charateristics and in regulation of the menstrual cycle |
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| Hormone released during the second half of the menstrual cycle by the corpus lutem in the ovary |
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| Abnormally low body temperature |
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| Extremely high body temp. |
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| Used to measure blood pressure |
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| Listening for sounds within the body and isusually performed through a stethoscope |
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| Crackle, an abnormal rattle or crackle-like respiratory sound heard during inspiration (breathing in) |
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| Wheexing, is an abnormal sound heard from breathing in and out |
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| Abnormal high-pitched harsh sound head during inhalation |
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| Abnormal sound heard during ausculation of an artery |
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| Diagnostic procedure designed to determine the density of a body part by the soud produced by tapping the surface with the fingers |
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| Instrument used to examine the inerior of the eye |
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| Instrument used to visually examine the external ear canal and tympanic membrane |
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