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100 lay words for body parts/functions/ common illness Flashcards

1
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belly / tummy

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abdomen

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tummy tuck

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plastic surgery on abdomen

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scrape / skinned knee / scratch

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abrasion

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whiteheads / blackheads/ zits / spots /

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acne

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5
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Someone is hyper

someone won’t settle down

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ADHD
or
unhappy / stressed / cannot relax

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6
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a side effect

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adverse effect

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7
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going thin on top / losing hair

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alopecia

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memory loss/ black out

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losing memory
amnesia (short term/ long term)
losing consciousness

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9
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her waters have broken

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Her amniotic fluid has appeared

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10
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speed

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amphetamines

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11
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iron deficiency

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anaemia

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12
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sphincter

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anal sphincter

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13
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have your tonsils/ appendix out

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tonsillectomy / appendectomy

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14
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still joints

be stiff

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arthritis

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15
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to catch something

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to become infected

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16
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something is going around

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an infectious disease is prevalent

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17
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waterworks

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bladder / urinary tract

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18
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a UTI

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urinary tract infection

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19
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STI

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a sexually transmitted infection

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20
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have a smear test

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have cells taken from the cervix (neck of the womb) for early cancer / papilloma virus

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21
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boob job

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breast augmentation,

making breasts bigger by plastic surgery

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22
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boobs / bust

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breasts

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23
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grinding your teeth at night

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bruxism

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24
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thrush

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candida infection

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25
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athlete’s foot

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yeast infection of the foot

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26
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rotten tooth

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caries

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27
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chemo

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chemotherapy

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28
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sniffle

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a cold

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29
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bruise

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contusion

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30
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dental plaque

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plaque on teeth

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31
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feeling down / out of sorts / blue / have the blues

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depression

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32
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peeling skin

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sunburn

desquamation

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33
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to cover up

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to protect your skin from sun

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34
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got the runs / got the trots
loose stool
dodgy tummy
D and V

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diarrhoea

diarrhoea and vomiting

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35
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to pop a pill

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to take a pill, possibly recreational drug

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36
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dry heaving

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dry vomiting

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37
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being out of breath

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dyspnoea

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38
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the morning after pill

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pill taken after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy

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39
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nose bleed

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blood from nose

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40
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burning up / feverish

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fever, high temperature

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41
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a boil

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skin condition - big round and red!

42
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privates/ down there

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genitalia

43
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receding gums / receding hairline

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gum disease

hair falling out / hair loss

44
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a fit / an episode
grand mal
petit mal

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epileptic seizure (big is grand or small is petite)

45
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heavy bleeding

heavy period

A

menorrhagia - can be dangerous

46
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to come on
to be late
to skip a period

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to menstruate / to have a late period / to miss a period

47
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to spit up blood

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blood comes out of mouth

48
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piles / bum grapes

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haemorrhoids

49
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bad breath / stinky breath

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halitosis

50
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seeing things

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hallucinating

51
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He has shaking hands

A

He has hand tremors

52
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good cholesterol

A

HDL

High density lipids

53
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the change
the change of life
go through the change

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menopause

54
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to be bunged up

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constipation or blocked nose

55
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to soil yourself

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bowel incontinence

56
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to wet yourself

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urinary incontinence

57
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nits

A

head lice

58
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sunstroke / heatstroke

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dizziness/sickness from exposure to sun and heat

59
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to come round

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to wake up after losing consciousness or anaesthesia

to change your mind about something you’d believed for a long time, eg. ‘my parents hated me being LGBT for years, but finally they came around and accepted me’.

60
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slipped disc

A

herniated disc

61
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chickenpox

A

herpes zoster

62
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hairiness

A

hirsutism

63
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test tube baby

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IVF in vitro fertilisation

64
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it’s catching

A

infectious

65
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puffer

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inhaler

66
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guts

A

intestines

67
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high / tipsy / wasted / mashed / smashed / off your skull

A

different words for drunk

68
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skull

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bony container where you keep your brain

69
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get it out of your system / to throw up

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to vomit

70
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racing heart

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fast heart beat

71
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the pill / be on the pill

A

the contraceptive pill

72
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hunchback

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hump on back

73
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voice box

A

larynx

74
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A teenage boy’s voice has broken

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when a male’s voice deepens in puberty

75
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to loosen someone up

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to give someone a drug or drink to relax

sometimes of laxative

76
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knackered / don’t feel like doing anything / low / out of sorts / don’t feel myself

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to be tired or have a low mood/motivation/ depression

77
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sex drive / libido

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desire to have sex

78
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to go off something

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to lose interest in something

79
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baby teeth / milk teeth

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deciduous teeth / teeth that children regrow

80
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wisdom teeth

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teeth that appear in your 30s

81
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do a poo/ a BM / a movement / move your bowels / pass water

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pass a stool

urinate

82
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short sighted / long sighted

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two kinds of eye problems

83
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cataracts

A

growth over the eye

84
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snot

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nasal mucus

85
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pick your nose / skin / spots

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touch / try to remove something from your nose/ skin

86
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morning sickness

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sickness in early pregnancy

87
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pinched nerve / trapped nerve

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nerve entrapment syndrome

88
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pull a muscle

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common sporting injury

89
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twist ankle

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90
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chubby / podgy / puppy fat / tubby

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a little overweight

91
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I’m parched

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I’m thirsty

92
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vegetable / vegetative state

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persistent vegetative state

93
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induced coma

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a deliberate coma to manage a critically sick patient.

94
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seeing stars

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photopsia / seeing lights - often with dizziness

95
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pubes

A

pubic hair

96
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zap something

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use X-rays to treat something

97
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something comes and goes

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flares up / sporadic

98
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ooze out / squidge out / seep out

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pus comes out of something

99
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shin

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bone at front of leg

100
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windpipe

A

trachea

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