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| As near to the real answer as possible |
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| A blueness of the hands or feet caused by disturbances to the superficial veins |
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| Lives in the presence of oxygen |
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| Able to live without oxygen |
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| Deficiency of red blood cells, hemoglobin or both |
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| Bulge in an artery caused by a weakening of its walls |
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| Substance used in the treatment of infecious diseases, usually caused by bacteria |
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| Protective body protein produced as a result of exposure to an antigen |
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| substance that delays or prevents the blood from clotting |
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| Substance that stimulates a specific resitance response and thus causes the body to produce antibodies |
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| Substance that either kills or inhibits microscopic organisms |
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| Free from germs or infection |
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| One cell microscopic organism that either cause disease or do not cause disease; many different kinds of bacteria live on the skin and in the intestine and are referred to as "normal flora' |
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| inhibits, but does not kill bateria |
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| Anything that is capable of or conducive to the production of cancer |
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| study of the physiology and pathology of the heart |
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| Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels |
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| Piece of labratory equipment that spins test tubes at a high speed and seperates the cullular and liquid portions of the blood |
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| refers to a disease that may be spread from one person to another either directly or indirectly |
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| Anticouagulant or blood thinning agent also known as warfarin; prothrombin time determination are essentail for its proper control |
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| Condition in whihc the skin turns a bluish color caused by lack of oxygen in blood |
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| Inherited disorder of the exocrine glands that causes them to produce thick secretions of mucus, ovstruction of the small bowel and persistent upper respiratory infections |
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| Percentage of each type of white blood cell in a total of 100 white cells ovserved |
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| Drug used to strengthen heart conraction, also known as Lanoxin to kill disease-causing germs |
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| To kill disease-causing germs |
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| Condition in which the body tissues contain an excessive amounth of fluid, resulting in swelling |
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| Blood clot or some other mass (which may be solid, liquid or gaseous) that stops up a blood vessel, brought to the plugged vessel from another area |
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| Chronic disease of the lungs in which there is an imporoper exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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| pertains to a group of ductless glands that secrete a substance or hormone that affects other organs directly into the bloodstream |
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| that branch of medicine that deals with diseased of the ductless glands |
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| complex compound that is able to initiate chemical changes in the body |
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| layer of cells that covers the internal and external surfaces of the body |
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| quivering of the heart muscle rather than normal contraction |
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| inflammation of the lining of the stomach |
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| branch of medicine concerned with the physiology and pathology of the stomach, intestines and related areas |
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| Unit of measurement determining the dimension of a needlge |
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| Branch of medicine that deals with the health and diseases of the elderly |
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| Substance that kills germs |
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| Special stain used to help classify bacteria into two groups: gram-positive and gram-negative |
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| Labratory test in which the red blood cells are centrifuged at a high speed so they will be seperated from the blood serum and their volume can be expressed as a percentage of the total volume |
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| The study of blood and its diseases |
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| Rapid increase in the relative red blood cell content in the blood |
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| Destruction of the red blood cells |
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| Hereditary disease characterized by a prolonged clotting time of the blood |
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| abnormal internal or external bleeding |
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| The body's ability to attain a steady state |
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| Having to do with the liver |
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| Inflammation of the liver usually resulting from an infection by a transmissible virus |
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| The body's abiltity to attain a steady state |
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| Substance that is produced by a ductless gland and is carried to other parts of the body by the blood; it exerts control over many of the body's processes |
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| Plant of animal in which a parasit lives |
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| Excessive amount of sugar in the blood |
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| An excess in the amount of potassium in the blood |
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| a term meaning an excess of any or all kinds of lipids in the plasma |
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| excess if sidium in the blood |
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| decreased sugar level in the blood |
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| decreased potassium in the blood |
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| decreased sodium in the blood |
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| Condition in which the body is able to resist certain illnesses or toxins |
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| Maintanance at a specified temperature and for a specified time until growth or a reaction occurs |
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| Invasion of the body by bacteria, molds, viruses or parasites |
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| Temporary deficiency of blood to a localized area, caused by an obstruction |
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| the limitation of movement and social contact of a patient |
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| Accumulation in the body of substances known as ketones, which may be detected by testing urine; it is commonly ovserved in starvation, pregnancy and diabetes |
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| Blood disease in which there is an overproduction of white blood cells |
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| Broad term covering all types of white blood cells |
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| An increase in the number of while blood cells |
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| A decrease ub the number of white blood cells |
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| The presence of an abnormal amount of fatty substances |
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| A metric fluid measure of 1000 milliliters; approximately 2 pints |
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| A psychoactive agent used in the treatment of manic-depressive disorders |
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| the dissolution of a red blood cell |
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| A milignant tumor that is often black |
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| The study of microscopic organisms |
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| Disease characterized by the formation of multiple tumor masses in the bone and bone marrow |
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| First 6 weeks after birth |
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| Inflammation of the kidney |
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| Branch of medicine that deals with nervous system and its diseases |
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| Pertaining to a hospital; a nosocomial infectionn would be one obtained while in a hospital |
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| Branch of medicine concerned with women during pregnancy and child birth |
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| Branch of medicine that deals with tumors |
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| Branch of medicine that deals with problems of the skeleton, joints, muscles and other supporting structures |
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| To examine by touching with the fingers |
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| A rapid, intense beating of the heart |
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| Inflammation of the pancreas |
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| Anything that can produce a disease |
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| The study of structural or functional changes in body tissues and organs caused by disease |
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| Branch of medicine related to the care and treatment of diseases of children |
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| Inflammation of a vein, often accompanied by clot formation |
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| Pertains to a meal and is used in relation to timing, as in '2hour postprandial' or 2 hours after a meal |
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| Refers to the lungs or lung tissue |
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| Having to do with respiration or more specifically the taking in of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide by the lungs |
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| Nonspecific name for a group of bacteria that generally have the shape of a slender, straight bar |
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| Infection of the blood with a pathogen organism or a product (toxin) produced by the organism |
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| The testing of blood serum for antigen-antibody reaction |
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| Absence of living microorganisms |
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| Condition in which a person is more than normally vulnerable to a disease |
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| Inflammation of the wall of a vein with an accompanying clot at the site of its formation int eh circulatory system; when it becomes detached, it is known as an embolus |
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| Spreading of a disease from one person to another |
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| Having to do with the urinary tract or urine |
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| Medicine concerned with the urinary tract of both sexes and the genital tract of males |
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| Inflammation of the vagina |
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| Refers to the blood system also describes tissue haeavily supplied with blood vessels |
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| An agent that causes a decrease in the diameter of a blood vessel, may be caused by either the introduction of a druge or a disease condition |
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| Refers to an agent that causes an increase in the diameter of a blood vessel, thus producing greater blood flow |
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| The action of stimuli from the vagus nerve on the blood vessels |
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| Study of viruses, infectious agents that are too small to be seen through usual light microscope |
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