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a break at the lower end of the radius, often just above the wrist. Typically happens when someone extends their hands out to catch a fall

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Colles fracture

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chronic inflammation of the bones resulting in thickening and softening of bone matter

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Paget disease

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joint enlargement typically seen in cases of osteoarthritis

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Herben nodes

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form of muscular dystrophy that affects children, boys more than girls; a sex linked disease; most children die before 30

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Duchenne dystrophy

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malignancy that develops in the primitive nerve cells in bone marrow

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Ewing sarcoma

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Rapidly developing malignant neoplasm of the kidney that usually occurs in children

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Wilms tumor

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small sacks in the ovaries from which the eggs derive. These structures rupture to release the egg (this rupture is called ovulation)

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Graafian follicles

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lubricate the vagina during sexual excitement

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Bartholin glands

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STD caused by a protozoan that affects both males and females, though symptoms are more common in males. Symptoms include painful urination among a host of other unpleasant discharges from mucous membranes

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Trichomoniasis

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condition of tumors growing on nerve endings, sometimes caused by excessive calcium in the blood

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von Recklinghausen disease

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disease caused by a lack of cortical hormones, usually occurs when the adrenal cortex is damaged or impaired. Symptoms include low blood sodium and high blood potassium, excessive urination to the point of being dehydrated

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Addison disease

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symptoms that come from excessive amounts of cortisol, ACTH, or both. Symptoms include thin extremities, thinning hair, easy bruising, slow wound healing, purple striae, increased body and facial hair,

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Cushing syndrome

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autoimmune condition that causes acute inflammation fo the peripheral nerves in which myelin sheaths on the axons are destroyed. Weak nerve impulses and loss of reflex are sx

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Guillan-Barre syndrome

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inherited disease of the CNS characterized by quick, involuntary movements and mental deterioration

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Huntington chorea

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acute encephalopathy and fatty infiltration of the brain, liver, and possibly other organs

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Reye syndrome