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alveolitis |
Noun
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inflammation in the socket of a tooth |
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abarticulation |
Noun
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dislocation of a joint |
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acetonuria |
Noun
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excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation |
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amenorrhea |
Noun
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absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow |
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amenorrhoea |
Noun
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absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow |
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amenia |
Noun
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absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow |
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acrocyanosis |
Noun
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cyanosis of the extremities |
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aminoaciduria |
Noun
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abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine |
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ammoniuria |
Noun
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excessive ammonia in the urine |
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acetonemia |
Noun
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an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus |
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apyretic tetanus |
Noun
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clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures |
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abscess |
Noun
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symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue |
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abscessed tooth |
Noun
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an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth |
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afterpains |
Noun
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pains felt by a woman after her baby is born |
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ache |
Noun
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a dull, persistent, moderately intense pain |
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ache |
Verb
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to have a desire for something or someone who is not present |
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ache |
Verb
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to feel physical pain |
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ache |
Verb
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to be the source of pain |
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aerodontalgia |
Noun
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pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing) |
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arthralgia |
Noun
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pain in a joint or joints |
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anasarca |
Noun
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generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue |
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amyxia |
Noun
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a condition in which no mucus in produced |
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acromegaly |
Noun
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enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face |
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acromegalia |
Noun
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enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face |
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anaplasia |
Noun
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loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor |
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apnea |
Noun
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transient cessation of respiration |
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acute hemorrhagic encephalitis |
Noun
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encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation |
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acute inclusion body encephalitis |
Noun
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common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1 |
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atrial fibrillation |
Noun
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fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart |
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Adams-Stokes syndrome |
Noun
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recurrent sudden attacks of unconsciousness caused by impaired conduction of the impulse that regulates the heartbeat |
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acute gastritis |
Noun
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gastritis caused by ingesting an irritant (as too much aspirin) |
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acute glossitis |
Noun
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glossitis resulting from injury or infection and characterized by swelling and pain |
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adenomegaly |
Noun
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gland enlargement |
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acarophobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms |
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agoraphobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of open spaces, or a fear of being caught alone in some public place |
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androphobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of men |
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arachnophobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of spiders |
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acrophobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of great heights |
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algophobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of pain |
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aquaphobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of drowning |
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astraphobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of thunder and lightning |
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automysophobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of being dirty |
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anxiety hysteria |
Noun
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a form of hysteria having features of both conversion disorder and anxiety neurosis |
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anxiety neurosis |
Noun
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characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear |
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acousticophobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice |
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alcoholic dementia |
Noun
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dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism |
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alcohol amnestic disorder |
Noun
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dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism |
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ailurophobia |
Noun
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a morbid fear of cats |
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areflexia |
Noun
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absence of a reflex |
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Alzheimer's |
Noun
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a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s |