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| Being mentally alert and aware of surrounding environment, sensations, and thoughts. |
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| A disorder causing seizures |
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| A woman who feels romantic attraction to other women. |
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| Someone who chooses not to eat meat for religious or health reasons |
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| Immediate emergency care given to a person in need by whoever gets to them first |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) |
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| A temporary lack of blood supply to the brain resulting in difficulty speaking, weakness on one side of the body, numbness, tingling, and loss of vision. TIA is a common warning sign of stroke. |
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| A person whose gender identity does not fit into the category of man or woman. They can be in between, or entirely different from the two. |
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| One who does not consume foods produced by animals, such as meat, eggs, or milk. |
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| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) |
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| Those medical procedures employed when a person's heart or lungs have stopped working |
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| The act of ejecting the contents in one's stomach out through their mouth/nose indicating possible illness or injury |
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| Acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,and Queer |
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| When an infant is born before 37 weeks gestation (more than three weeks before the due date) |
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| When an airway has an object lodged inside it, preventing air from traveling through |
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| The requirements for a healthy psychological condition such as social interaction, belonging, and self-esteem. |
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| A sexual orientation which is not exclusively heterosexual |
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| One whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned at birth |
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| The process of changing one's gender, through changing one's name/sex on documents, to medical measures such as surgery or hormone therapy |
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| The act of stimulating sexual organs with the hands so as to give oneself or someone else pleasure |
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| One whose physical, romantic, and or emotional attraction can be for both genders |
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| One who's assigned gender at birth matches their gender identity |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
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| A condition of unknown etiology, where infants stop breathing in their sleep and die. Studies have shown this occurrence can be reduced by having infants sleep on their back. |
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| A method of attempting to remove and airway obstructing object from the throat of someone who is choking |
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| A method of caring for patients that entails caring for their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being and not just viewing them as a machine. |
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| Of or relating to thinking, learning, and the functions of the brain |
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| happens when bodily organs and tissues do not receive adequate blood supply, which can be caused by bleeding, heart attack, sever infection, and falling blood pressure |
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| A highly contagious viral illness, treated by the Varicella-Zoster vaccine, which causes itchy red dots to appear on one's skin |
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| A person's physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to others |
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| Myocardial Infarction (MI) |
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| Also known as a heart attack, this condition occurs when the cardiac muscles do not receive an adequate supply of oxygen due to blocked blood vessels. |
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| Having to do with the spirit or soul; or that which is not physical, material, or scientifically demonstrable |
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| A type of cancer that compromises the ability of white blood cells to fight disease |
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| One's deeply felt sense of their own gender |
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| The state of coming back to life as someone or something else after death |
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| A disorder of eating and self image where one does not eat enough, or overexercises to lose weight. |
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| The condition of fainting (due to decreased blood flow to the brain) |
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| A concept in Hinduism which denotes the consequences of someone's actions in past lives and their present life |
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| An eating disorder where one binges and purges large amounts of food |
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| An abrupt drop in blood pressure that happens when one stands up or sits up |
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| A skullcap worn by Jewish men out of religious observance |
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| The technical term for a nose bleed |
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| The process of revealing one's sexual orientation/identity to others |
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| People who believe that a god's existence is not provable |
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| The field of medicine dealing with treating the elderly |
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| insulin Reaction (Hypoglycemia) |
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| When a person with diabetes is administered insulin and skips a meal resulting in nervousness, perspiration, dizziness, and feeling weak. |
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| A straight man who wears women's clothing |
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| People who do not believe there is a god |
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| The study of the aging process in individuals from middle age on |
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| A man who is attracted to other men |
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| Religious or ethical rules about what and when one may eat or drink |
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