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| A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the blood. |
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| is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases. |
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| a doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities. |
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Abbreviation ER
Emergency Room |
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| the department of a hospital that provides immediate treatment for acute illnesses and trauma. |
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| a member of a Christian movement (the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society) founded in the US by Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916). Jehovah's Witnesses deny many traditional Christian doctrines and refuse military service and blood transfusion on religious grounds |
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| a native of Asia or a person of Asian descent. |
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| a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. |
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| lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid |
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| a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. |
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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
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an act of defecation.
the feces discharged in an act of defecation. |
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| an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| difficult or labored breathing. |
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| of, at, toward, or from the side or sides. |
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| having or relating to two sides; affecting both sides. |
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| an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium. |
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| A gastrostomy tube (also called a G-tube) is a tube inserted through the abdomen that delivers nutrition directly to the stomach. It's one of the ways doctors can make sure kids with trouble eating get the fluid and calories they need to grow. |
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| A pleural effusion is excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. |
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| technical term for earwax |
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