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| above-normal amount of sugar in the blood |
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| allows the passage of some substances but prevents the passage of others (because of size, charge, or solubility) |
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| underdevelopment of an organ or tissue |
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| a condition characterized by a below-normal amount of sugar in the blood |
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| having no value, amounting to nothing, or equal to zero |
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| condition resulting from excessive ingestion of vitamins |
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| enzyme that breaks down starch |
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| inflammation of the appendix |
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| surgical crushing of a stone |
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| excess of proteins in the urine |
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| enzyme that breaks down lactose |
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| the membrane that lines the heart |
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| condition in which two agents, such as medications, produce a greater effect than the total effects of each agent alone |
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| a condition of wasting away of a cell, tissue, organ, or part |
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| the bluish discoloration of the skin caused by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood |
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| yellowish discoloration of the skin |
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| treatment through movement |
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| hardening of the arteries |
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| paralysis of all four limbs |
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| psychosis with distortions of reality |
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| difficulty in executing movement |
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| split spine (spina bifida) |
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| measure of the compatibility of tissue of a donor and recipient |
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| localized tissue death in response to disease or injury |
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| tests the eyes to measure visual acuity and prescribes corrective lenses, if necessary |
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| fats used by our bodies to store energy on a long-term basis |
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| breaking down of sugar by an enzyme in the body |
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| a benign tumor composed of fatty tissue |
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| destruction using an electric current |
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| any substance that produces fever |
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| an acute, inflammatory disease of the skin in which pus is produced |
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| a drug that produces insensibility or stupor |
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| a chronic ailment that consists of recurrent attacks of drowsiness and stupor, or sleep |
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| developmental defect in which the testicles remain in the abdominal cavity |
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| essential portion of a blood clot |
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| suspension of fine particles in a gas or in the air |
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| destruction of tissue by extremely cold temperatures |
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| surgery performed with high-frequency electric current |
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| embryonic form of a red blood cell |
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| surgical crushing of a stone |
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| skin inflammation caused by fungus |
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| pertaining to the death of tissue |
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| a cell that can ingest and destroy particulate substances |
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| able to live without oxygen |
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| any condition that renders some particular line of treatment improper |
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| recording the electrical impulses of the brain |
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| destruction of RBC's resulting in the liberation of hemoglobin |
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