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| Health/Medicine: Lesion (N) |
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| A physical change in a body part that is the result of illness or injury. |
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| Health/Medicine: Hypochondriac (N) |
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| Somebody with imaginary illness: somebody who is excessively preoccupied with health and persistently believes that he or she is ill or in danger of becoming ill. |
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| Health/Medicine: Convalesce (V) |
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| Recuperate; To recover ones health. |
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| Health/Medicine: Benign (adj) |
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| Not a threat to life or long-term health, especially by being non cancerous. |
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| Health/Medicine: Astringent (N) |
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| Substance which shrinks body tissue. Adj; bitter, stern, severe |
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| Health/Medicine: Virulent (adj) |
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| Pathogens; Extremely poisonous, infectious, or damaging to organisms. |
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| Health/Medicine: Sebaceous (adj) |
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| Of sebum: relating to or producing a waxy yellowish body secretion. |
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| Health/Medicine: Salubrious (adj) |
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| Good for the health: beneficial to or promoting health or well-being. |
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| Health/Medicine: Morbid (adj) |
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| Gruesome- unpleasant to see. Relating to disease/ death. |
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| Health/Medicine: Malignant (adj) |
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| Likely to grow or spread OR cause death. |
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| Enthusiastic praise or recognition. |
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| Commendable; Praiseworthy. |
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| To extol; To praise the dead. |
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| Tribute; A formal text that expresses high praise for somebody. |
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| Sign of social unacceptability: the shame or disgrace attached to something regarded as socially unacceptable. |
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| Traduce, to vilify; To say or write bad or unpleasant things about somebody or something, especially things that are potentially damaging and may not be true. |
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| Defamation: Imputation (N) |
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| An accusation of wrongdoing or an attribution of blame. |
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| Defamation: Calumnious (adj) |
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| Slanderous; The making of false statements about somebody with malicious intent. |
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| Showing a lack of seriousness that is thought inappropriate. |
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| Supposed to be funny: intended to be humorous but often silly or inappropriate. |
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| Odd; Amusing in a wry or odd way. |
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| Picture that exaggerates, MAD magazine. |
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| Raillery; Lighthearted teasing or amusing remarks that are exchanged between people. |
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| Imitation that makes serious object/event ludicrous. |
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| Bitterly sarcastic. Disdainfully or ironically mocking. |
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| Comments intended to hurt. |
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| Humorous imitation of writing. |
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| Utterly ridiculous because of being absurd, incongruous, impractical, or unsuitable. |
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| Jocular; Fond of joking: with a playful joking disposition. |
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| Humor based on opposites: a type of humor based on using words to suggest the opposite of their literal meaning. |
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| Willingness-Unwillingness: Volition (N) |
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| The ability to make conscious choices or decisions. |
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| Willingness-Unwillingness: Loathe (V) |
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| Abhor; Strong dislike of somebody or something. |
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| Willingness-Unwillingness: Aversion (N) |
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| Repugnance; Intense dislike of somebody or somebody. Antipathy |
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| Willingness-Unwillingness: Alacrity (N) |
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| Eager readiness: promptness or eager and speedy readiness. |
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