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1
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To lessen or decrease, to cease or cause to cease (such as pain)

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Abatement

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An excoriation, a circumscribed removal of the epidermis of skin or mucous membrane.

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Abrasion

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Localized accumulation of skin or mucous membrane.

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Abscess

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A marked decrease in blood carbon dioxide content.

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Acapnia

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Condition in which there is an excessive proportion of acid in the blood.

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Acidosis

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Presents itself after birth.

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Acquired

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A disease which is not congenital, but has developed since birth.

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Acquired disease

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Prefix meaning extremity, top, extreme point.

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Acro

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hyperfunction of pituitary gland after ossification has been completed, produces bony enlargement.

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Acromegaly

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A disease with a more or less rapid onset and short duration.

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Acute

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Prefix meaning gland.

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Adeno

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A neoplasm formed by glandular epithelium (neoplasm= new tissues or tumors)

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Adenoma

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Suffix meaning pain

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Algia

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Condition in which there is an excessive proportion of alkali in the blood.

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Alkalosis

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Having a hypersensitivity to the substance that does not normally cause a reaction.

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Allergies

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A pre-senile dementia occurring usually in persons over 60 years of age; thought to be associated with neurofibril degeneration.

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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17
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Congenital absence of one or more limbs.

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Amelia

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18
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Prefix meaning without

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An

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19
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Generalized massive edema in subcutaneous tissue.

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Anasarca

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A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, hemoglobin, or both.

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Anemia

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21
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A localized dilation of a blood vessel.

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Aneurysm

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Suffix meaning vessel

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Angio

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A swelling or tumor due to dilation of the blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymthatics (lymphangioma)

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Angioma

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Deficient blood oxygen supplies to tissues.

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Anoxia

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Failure of a tissue or organ to develop normally; congenital absence of an organ or other part; in hematology, incomplete or defective development or a cessation of regeneration.

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Aplasia

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Suffix meaning enzyme

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Ase

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Mutual opposition or contrary action. The inhibition of one bacterial organism by another.

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Antagonism

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Prefix meaning before.

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Ante

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29
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Prefix meaning against.

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Anti

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30
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glycoprotein substance developed in response to, and interacting specifically with an antigen. (aka immuglobulin)

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Antibody

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A foreign substance that stimulates the formation of antibodies that interact specifically with it.

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Antigen

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32
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The prevention sepsis by preventing or inhibiting the growth of causative microorganisms.

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Antisepsis

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33
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Dilution or weakening of virulence of a microorganism, reducing or abolishing pathogenicity.

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Attenuation

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34
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Disease of the arteries resulting in thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls.

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Arteriosclerosis

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Inflammation, usually of a chronic progressive character, involving an artery or arteries.

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Arteritis

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36
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Prefix meaning joint.

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Arthro

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37
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Accumulation of free serous fluid in the abdominal cavity.

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Ascites

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38
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Loss of consciousness from deficient oxygen

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Asphyxia

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39
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A form of arteriosclerosis marked by the deposition of lipids in the inner layer of arterial walls.

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Atherosclerosis

40
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A wasting, decrease in size of an organ or tissue.

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Atrophy

41
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Prefix meaning self.

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Auto

42
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A postmortem examination of the organs and tissues of a body to determine cause of death or pathological condition.

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Autopsy (necropsy)

43
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Self-nourishing bacteria that are capable of growing in the absence of organic compounds. Organisms that obtain carbon from carbon dioxide.

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Autotrophic bacteria

44
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A tearing away

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Avulsion

45
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Any rod-shaped microorganism.

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Bacillus

46
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The presence of viable bacteria in the blood stream

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Bacteremia

47
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A prokaryotic, one- celled microorganism of the kingdom Monera, existing as free living organisms or as parasites, multiplying by binary fission and having a large range of biochemical properties.

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Bacteria

48
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A visible group of bacteria growing on a solid medium, presumably arising from a single microorganism.

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Bacterial

49
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An agent that destroys bacteria but not necessarily their spores.

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Bactericide

50
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Science that studies bacteria.

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Bacteriology

51
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The red pigment in bile.

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Bilrubin

52
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The green pigment in bile.

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Biliverdin

53
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A method of asexual reproduction in bacteria in which the cell spits into two parts, each of which develops into a complete individual.

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Binary Fission

54
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Prefix meaning life.

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Bio

55
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An arthropod vector in which the disease causing organism multiplies and develops within the arthropod prior to becoming infective for a susceptible individual.

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Biological Vector

56
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Pre-embalming purge as result of a fracture of the skull, a surgical procedure in the cranial cavity or a trauma. It is possible for gas (a type of purge) to build up in the cranium and travel along the nerve routes to distend such tissues as the eyelids.

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Brain purge

57
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Severe form of malnutrition.

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Cachexia

58
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several communicating boils of the skin and subcutaneous tissue with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissue.

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Carbuncle

59
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General term for malignant tumor.

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Carcinoma

60
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The membrane that surrounds some bacterial cells; a loose gel-like structure that, in pathogenic bacteria, helps to protect against phagocytosis.

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Capsule

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Formation of cavities in an organ or tissue; frequently seen in some forms for tuberculosis.

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Cavitation

62
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Suffix meaning a protrusion.

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Cele

63
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The deterioration of an organ or cell structure which may include swelling.

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Cellular Degeneration

64
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A cellular reaction to injury which may include pigmentation, calcification, and gout.

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Cellular Infiltration

65
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Suffix meaning perforating.

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Centesis

66
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A blow; hence a sudden attack, as a sunstroke, a paralytic or apoplectic stroke or apoplexy.

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Cerebral Vascular Accident (Stroke)

67
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Primary lesion, initial sclerosis, syphilitic sore, the first manifestation of syphilis.

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Chancre

68
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A large group of nonmotile, gram negative intracellular parasites.

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Chlamydia

69
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Prefix meaning bile.

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Chol

70
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Suffix meaning bile

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Chole

71
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Inflammation of the gallbladder.

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Cholecystitis

72
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A disease with a more or less slow onset and a long duration.

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Chronic

73
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A degeneration or atrophy of the parenchyma cells of an organ with hypertrophy of the interstitial connective tissue.

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Cirrhosis

74
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Congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along the midline.

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Cleft palate

75
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A study of disease by means of body secretions, excretions, and other fluids performed in the laboratory in the diagnosis of a disease.

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Clinical Pathology

76
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A type of bacteria that is spherical or ovoid in form.

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Coccus (pl. cocci)

77
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Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the colon.

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Colitis

78
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The symbiotic relationship of two organisms of different species in which one gains some benefit such as protection or nourishment.

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Commensalism

79
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A disease that may be transmitted directly or indirectly from one individual to another.

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Communicable

80
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An unfavorable condition arising during the course of disease.

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Complication

81
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The immediate and temporary disturbance of brain function.

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Concussion

82
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Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter.

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Congenital

83
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A disease that begins before birth and is evident at the time of birth.

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Congenital Disease

84
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Accumulation of an excess of blood or tissue fluid in a body part.

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Congestion

85
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The act of introducing disease germs or infectious material into an area or substance.

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Contamination

86
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A bruise, often accompanied with swelling.

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Contusion

87
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A public officer whose chief duty is to investigate questionable deaths.

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Coroner

88
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A congenital condition due to hypothyroidism resulting in mental retardation.

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Cretinism

89
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Condition in which the descent of a testis into the scrotum is arrested at some point in the normal path.

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Cryptorchism

90
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Bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membrane due to lack of oxygen.

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Cyanosis

91
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A sac within or on the body surface containing air or fluid.

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Cyst

92
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Prefix meaning bladder

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Cyst

93
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Inflammation of a bladder, especially the urinary bladder.

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Cystitis

94
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Chemical reaction involving breaking of chemical bonds; forms two or more smaller molecule compounds from larger molecule compounds.

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Decomposition

95
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A disease due to lack of dietary metabolic substance.

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Deficiency

96
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The deterioration of tissues with corresponding functional impairment as a result of disease or injury.

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Degeneration

97
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Loss of moisture from body tissue which may occur antemortem or postmortem.

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Dehydration

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