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| A sudden illness from which a person is expected tp recover |
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| Pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or surgery |
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| Dementia due to physical changes in the brain |
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| The lack or absence of breathing |
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| Large blood vessels carrying blood away from the heart |
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| Inflammation of the joints and tissues |
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| Inhaling fluid, food, or an object into the lungs |
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| Feelings and opinions one has or shows toward situations, or other people |
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| stands for cerebral vascular accident (Stroke) |
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| The amount of energy produced when the body burns food |
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| a tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening |
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| An ongoing illness, slow or gradual in onset, for which there is no cure; the illness can be controlled and complications prevented |
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| Pain lasting more than 6 months; its consistant or it occurs on and off |
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| A state of being unaware of one's surroundings and being unable to react or respond to people, places or things. The sense of hearing is possible still present |
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| Used to describe the condition of patient in coma. Sometimes the word unconscious is used |
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| Trusting others with personal and private information. Not to be shared with others. |
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| Infrequent and difficult bowel evacuation |
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| The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle |
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| Violent, strong involuntary muscular contractions and relaxation (Seizure) |
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| Slightly bluish grayish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen |
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| Ulcerated, worn away area on the skin. Also called prssure sore or bed sore |
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| the process of excreting feces from the rectum through the anus; a bowel movement |
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| distortion/disfiguration in a certain area |
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