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| Muscle that draws a limb away from the body. |
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| Pertaining to away from rule or order. |
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| Muscle that draws a limb toward the body. |
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| Endocrine glands above the kidney |
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| Process of building up proteins in cells. |
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| Separation of a substance into various parts. |
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| Chemical substance that has the ability to inhibit or destroy foreign organisms in the body |
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| Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens |
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| a foreign body substance (such as a poison, virus, or bacterium). |
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| The practice of eliminating microorganisms that cause disease |
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| Substance produced against a poison; an antibody |
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| Condition in which the immune system attacks normal, healthy cells producing chronic, disabling diseases |
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| Pertaining to two or both sides |
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| A chemical pigment that is produced when the red blood cells hemoglobin breaks down |
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| Clustered-Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
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| Cellular process of breaking down complex nutrients to simpler substances; energy is released to do the work of the cell |
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| an irregularity in a structure or organ. Hereditary Examples include: Webbed fingers/toes, heart defects, clubbed feet. Environmental examples include: Fetal alcohol syndrome |
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| Tissue that supports and binds other tissues and parts. Examples are bone, cartilage, muscle, fat and fibrous tissues |
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| Factor that indicates against the administration of a drug or procedure in the care of a patient |
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| Affecting the opposite side of a part of the body. |
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| Separation of nitrogenous wastes from the blood when the kidneys no longer function; hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are examples |
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| Measurement through the center of a circle. |
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| Frequent passage of loose, watery stools |
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| Painful, inflamed intestines commonly caused by bacterial infection. |
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| Condition of abnormal formation. |
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| Condition of abnormal development |
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| Pregnancy that is out of place (not in the uterus). A fallopian tube is the most common site |
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| Inner lining of the heart. |
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| Instrument to visually examine the interior of the body. |
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| Pertaining to within the windpipe |
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| Layer of cells covering the external surface of the body and lining the hollow tubes within the body. |
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| Exaggerated feeling of well-being; elevated mood (being high) |
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| Normal or good thyroid function |
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| Protrusion of the eyeball; sign of hyperthyroidism |
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| Removal (or resection) of half the tongue |
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| High levels of sugar in the bloodstream; associated with diabetes mellitus. |
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| Condition of increased formation of cells. |
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| Increase in size of tissue or an organ due to increase in size of individual cells. |
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| Injection of medication under the skin |
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| Low/deficient levels of sugar in the blood |
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| Pertaining to below the ribs. |
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| Pertaining to without sleep; A person who cannot sleep. |
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| Pertaining to between the ribs. |
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| Pertaining to within a vein |
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| Yellow skin pigmentation caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood. One of the clinical signs of Hemolytic Disease of Newborns (HDN) |
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| Condition of a larger than normal head; congenital anomaly. |
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| General feeling of bodily discomfort. |
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| An inherited connective tissue disorder marked by a tall, thin body type with long "Spidery" fingers, elongated head, and heart, blood vessel, and ophthalmic abnormalities |
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| Hand bones; literally beyond the wrist. |
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| Condition of change in shape or form. |
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| Spread of a malignant tumor beyond its original location to a distant site. |
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| Condition of a smaller than normal head; a congenital anomaly. |
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| Instrument to view small objects. |
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| Pertaining to a new birth. |
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| Deficiency of all (blood) cells |
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| Destruction of nerve tissue leading to loss of sensation or motion in a part of the body. |
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| Four endocrine glands on the posterior (dorsal) side of the thyroid gland; secrete parathormone. |
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| Pertaining to through the skin |
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| Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart. |
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| Pertaining to a muti-lobed nucleus (in granulocytic white blood cells). |
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| Inflammation of many nerves. |
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| Pertaining to occurring before a malignant condition. |
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| Pertaining to before birth. |
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| Sign or symptom that appears before the onset of a more serious illness. An example is a fever that signals the onset of a viral illness. |
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| Sliding forward or downward. |
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| Artificial substitute for a missing body part. |
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| a unique joint consisting of a fibro-cartilaginous disc sandwiched between the articular surfaces of the pubic bones |
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| Recombinant DNA Technology |
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| The process of taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism |
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| Sliding or falling back; as in return of illness after apparent recovery. |
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| Return to good health; signs and symptoms of disease are gone. |
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| Pertaining to behind the membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity |
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| Characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver |
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| Pertaining to under the skin. |
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| Pertaining to above the pubic bones. |
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| Close interaction between two organisms living in close association. |
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| Measurement together; similarity of parts as in mirror images of each other. |
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| Bones that grow together separated by a piece of fibrocartilage. The pelvis is an example of bones that grow together |
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| Subjective in a condition as perceived by the patient. |
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| Fusion of fingers or toes; a congenital anomaly. |
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| A group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a typical clinical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality |
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| Putting together of simple substances to create something new and often more complex. |
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| Abnormally rapid breathing. |
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| Transfer of blood from one person to another. |
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| Pertaining to across or through the urethra. |
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| Use of high frequency sound waves to produce a record or picture of an organ or tissue. |
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| Dead or weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies |
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