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| an advance declaration by a person of treatment preferences if he/she is unable to communicate his/her wishes |
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| Inflammation of a vein accompanied by formation of a clot |
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| Cramplike pains in the calves caused by poor circulation of the blood to leg muscles |
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| Coughing up of blood from the respiratory tract |
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| A brief lapse in consciousness caused by transient cerebral hypoxia |
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| An abnormal blowing or swishing sound or murmur heard while auscultating a carotid artery, organ or gland, resulting from blood flowing through a narrow or partially occluded artery |
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| Pain in the calf w/dorsiflexion of the foot indicating thrombophlebitis or thrombosis |
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| Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitial spaces of tissues such as in the pericardial sac, intrapleural space, peritoneal cavity, or joint capsules |
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| The mucous membrane lining the inner surfaces of the eyelids and anterior part of the sclera |
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| The tough inelastic white opaque membrane covering the posterior 5/6 of the eyebulb |
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| An inflammatory condition of the urinary bladder and ureters, characterized by pain, urgency, and frequency of urination, and hematuria (may be caused by bacterial infection, calculus, or tumor) |
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| Tending to promote the formation and excretion of urine |
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| A wood resin, formerly used as a reagent in lab tests for the presence of occult blood |
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| A surgical procedure in which an opening is made to allow the passage of urine from the bladder or of intestinal contents from the bowel to an incision or stoma surgically created in the wall of the abdomen |
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| (chewing) tearing or grinding food with the teeth while it becomes mixed w/saliva |
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| Pertaining to the area surrounding the socket of the eye |
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| An abnormal intraperitoneal accumulation of fluid containing large amounts of protein & electrolytes |
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| Offensive breath resulting from poor oral hygiene, dental or oral infections, ingestion of certain foods, use of tobacco, or some systemic diseases such as odor of acetone in diabetes or ammonia in liver disease |
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| Any parasitic insects, such as louse or bedbug, regarded as a destructive or disease carrying pest |
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| a brisk contraction of a muscle in response to a suddent stretch induced by a sharp tap by a finger or rubber hammer on the tendon of insertion of the muscle |
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| A distressful subjective sensation of uncomfortable breathing |
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| (growling) a tremulous vibration of the chest wall caused by vocalization that is primarily palpated during physical exam |
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| A change in the voice sound of a pt. w/pleural effusion as heard on auscultation. When pt. makes a long E sound, they are heard through the chest wall as A. |
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| blue discoloration of an area of the skin or mucous membranes caused by an excess of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood |
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| (bruise) bluish discoloration of an area of the skin or mucous membrane caused by the extravasion of blood into the subcutaneous membrane as a result of trauma |
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| Any subjective sensation, experienced as numbness, tingling, or "pins & needles" |
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| The loss of muscle function, loss of sensation, or both |
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| Abnormal neurologic condiction in which language function is abnormal or absent because of injury to certain areas of the cerebral cortex |
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| Surgical removal of the larynx performed to treat cancer of the larynx |
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