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Health and Medicine
common english words concerning Health and Medicine.
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English
11th Grade
02/14/2009

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antidote
Definition
remedy for a poison or evil
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astringent
Definition
substance that srinks tissues and checks flow of blood
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astringent
Definition
servere; stern; causing contraction
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benign
Definition
not dangerous; gentle; kindly
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convalesce
Definition
recover health after illness; recuperate
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convalescent
Definition
person recovering from sickness
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fester
Definition
form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy
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hypochondriac
Definition
one who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from imagined illness.
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immunity
Definition
resistance (to a disease)
freedom (as from an obligation; exemption
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immunize
Definition
make immune
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lesion
Definition
injury, hurt
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malignant
Definition
threatening to cause death; very evil
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morbid
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gruesome; having to do with disease
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pestilential
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morally harmful; pertaining to a pestilence; deadly
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regimen
Definition
set of rules, esp. to improve health
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salubrious
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heathful
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sebaceous
Definition
greasy, secreting fatty matter from the glands of the skin (sebum)
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toxic
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poisonous
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unguent
Definition
salve; ointment
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viral
Definition
caused by a virus
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virulent
Definition
extremely poisonous; deadly; venomous; very bitter
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virus
Definition
disease-causing substance too small to be seen through a microscope; corruptive force
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