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Bluish discoloration of an area of skin or mucous membrane caused by the extravasation of blood into the subcutaneous tissues as the result of trauma to the underlying blood vessels or fragility of the vessel walls.
Bruise !!!! |
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| A loss of a large amount of blood in a short period, either externally or internally |
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| Inability of the adult male to achieve or sustain a penile erection or less commonly, to ejaculate after achieveing erection. |
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| The surgical removal of one or both breasts. Commonly performed to remove a malignant tumor. |
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| substance or procedure that reduces high blood pressure |
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Homosexuality
(see sexual orientation) |
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| The clear persistent desire of a person for affiliation with one sex rather than the other- same sex |
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| Abnormal accumulation of fluid in intercostal spaces of tissues, such as in the pericardial sac. |
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| A complete absence of spontaneous respiration. |
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| Craplike choking felling resulting from insufficient oxygen supply to the myocardium. |
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A drug or other substance having a specific cellular affinity that produces a predictable response.
*A drug that interacts with a receptor to produce a response * |
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| an increase in the number of cells of a body part that results from an increased rate of cellular division. |
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| Anal intercourse. Intercourse with an animal. |
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| Abnormal condition characterized by the collapse of the alveoli preventing the respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen in part of the lungs. |
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Thin and red. Composed of serum and blood.
Discharge |
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| A cut produced surgically by a sharp instrument that creates an opening into an organ or space in the body. |
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| Less than normal potassium (K) |
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The space between cells, as interstitial fluid or between organs.
Also called intercellular |
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| solution that causes a cell to shrink !!! |
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The movement of a pure solvent such as water through a differentially permable membrane from a solution that has a lower solute concentration to one that has a higher solute concentration.
Movement of H2O from low to high concentration |
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a complex protien- iron compound in the lbood that carries oxygen to the cells from the lungs and carbon dioxide away from the cells to the lungs.
Red pigment in blood cells that carries oxygen |
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| Material coughed up from lungs and expectorated through the mouth |
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A blockade of acetycholine receptors that results in the inhibition of the transmission of parasympathetic nerve impulses.
Used to treat spastic orders of the GI tract to reduce salivary & bronchial secretions before surgery or to dialate the pupil |
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| Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by reduced oxygen in the blood. |
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Inadequate oxygen tension at the cellular level characterized by tachycardia, hypertension, peripheral vasoconstriction, dizziness and mental confusion.
Insufficient oxygen anywhere in the body |
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Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract.
Presences of blood in sputum. |
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| A solution that causes no change in cell volume |
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