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| yellow skin caused by deposition of bile pigment in the skin and mucus membranes, associated hyperbilirubinemia. Occurs most commonly in newborns or adults with liver disease |
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| jugular venous distention |
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| engorged appearance of jugular veins seen when pressure on the right side of the heart is elevated |
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| the chromosome characteristics of an individual or of a cell line |
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| the protein which is the principal component of epidermis, hair, nails, horny tissues, and the enamel of the teeth |
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| inflammation of the cornea of the eye |
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| the presence of ketone bodies in the blood and the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation |
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| severe malnutrition due to dietary deficiency of protein not necessarily associate with calorie deficiency (e.g., in the tropics sugar cane may provide adequate calories but not protein). |
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| means hump-backed in Greek and refers to the abnormally increased of the thoracic spine which can occur with aging and with several types of disease, as in kyphotic spine |
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| pertaining to a lip, used for the mouth or the labia majora/minora in the female external genitalia |
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| inflammation of the labyrinth, otitis interna, a condition which often results in problems with balance and vertigo |
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| very fine, soft embryonic hair |
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| examination of the interior of the abdomen using a laparoscope which is an endoscope which can be inserted through a small incision in the skin and interior abdominal wall |
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| last menstrual period (LMP) |
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| date of onset of the last menses |
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| decreased alertness and excessive drowsiness |
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| any one of the white blood cells |
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| a decrease in the normal number of circulating white blood cells |
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| white thickened patches of mucous membrane of the cheeks, gums, or tongue which cannot be rubbed off and sometimes show a tendency to fissure. This is common in smokers and can become malignant |
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| a band or sheet of fibrous tissue generally connecting two or more bones |
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| discharge from the vagina of mucous, blood, and tissue debris following childbirth |
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