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| A method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is chocking |
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| people who believe that they do not know or cannot know if God exists |
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| An eating disorder in which a person does not eat or exercises excessively to lose weight. |
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| a person whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction may be for people of the same gender or different gender. |
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| an eating disorder in which a person eats huge amounts of foods or very fattening foods, and then eliminates the food by vomiting, using laxatives, or exercising excessively. |
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| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) |
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| Medical procedures used when a person's heart or lungs have stopped working |
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| A highly contagious viral illness that affects nearly all children |
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| a person whose gender identity matches his or her birth sex (sex assigned at birth due to anatomy) |
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| Related to thinking and learning |
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| a continual process of revealing one's sexual orientation or gender identity to others |
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| Being mentally alert and having awareness of surroundings, sensations, and thoughts |
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| The act of vomiting, or ejecting stomach contents through the mouth and/or nose |
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| A brain disorder that results from a disruption in normal electrical impulses in the brain, which causes repeated seizures |
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| Emergency care given immediately to an injured person by the first people to respond to an emergency |
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| A deeply felt sense of one's gender. |
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| the study of of health, wellness, and disease later in life |
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| A type of care that involves caring for the whole person---the mind as well as the body |
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| a complication of diabetes that can result from either too much insulin or too little food; also known as hypoglycemia |
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| The belief that all past and present deeds affect one's future and future lives. |
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| Acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender |
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| Acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer |
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| A woman whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction is for other women |
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| A form of cancer in which the body's white blood cells are unable to fight disease. |
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| To touch or rub sexual organs in order to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure |
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| Myocardial Infraction (MI) |
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| A condition that occurs when the heart muscle does not receive enough oxygen because blood flow to the heart is blocked; also called heart attack |
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| A condition in which something is blocking the tube through which air enters the lungs |
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| a sudden drop in blood pressure that occurs when a person sits or stands up |
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| The term for babies who are born before 37 weeks' gestation (more than three weeks before the due date) |
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| Needs that involve social interaction, emotions, intellect, and spirituality |
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| A term used by some people to describe sexual orientation that is not exclusively heterosexual and who may feel that term such as lesbian and gay are too limited |
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| A belief that some part of a living being survives death to be reborn in a new body |
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| A person's physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction to another person. |
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| A condition that occurs when organs and tissues in the body do not receive an adequate blood supply |
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| Of, or relating to, the spirit or soul. |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
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| A condition in which a babies stop breathing and die for no known reason while asleep |
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| loss of consciousness; also called fainting |
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| A person whose gender identity conflicts with his or her birth sex (sex assigned at birth due to anatomy) |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) |
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| A warning sign of a CVA/stroke resulting from a temporary lack of oxygen in the brain; symptoms may last up to 24 hours |
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| The process of changing genders, which can include legal procedures, medical measures, telling others, and using new pronouns |
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| Vegetarians who do not eat any animal products, including milk, cheese, other dairy items, or eggs; vegans may also choose not to use or wear any animal products |
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| People who do not eat meat, fish, or poultry and may or may not eat eggs and dairy products |
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| a small skullcap worn by Jewish men as a sign of their faith |
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