VOCABULARY

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Aegis

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control, protection

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain, having contradictory feelings

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Assent

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To give consent, to agree

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Compensatory

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Offsetting or making up for something

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Concave

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Rounded inward

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Contingent

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Dependent

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Cursory

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Quick, perfunctory, not thorough

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Defecate

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Expel feces

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Deficit

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A deficiency or lack of something

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Distal

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Distant; away from the center

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Distended

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Enlarged or expanded from pressure

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Etiology

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The origin or cause of a disease or condition

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Exacerbate

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To make worse or more severe

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Impending

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Occurring in the near future, about to happen

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Impervious

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Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through

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Infer

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To conclude or deduce (the nurse inferred that the pt was in pain) imply-to inform, infer-to conclude

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Insidious

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So gradual, to not become apparent for a long time

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Kinetic

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Of or related to movement

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Labile

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Changing rapidly and often

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Laceration

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Cut or tear

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Latent

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Present but not active or visible (infection presenting- but not visible)

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Lethargic

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Difficult to arouse

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Manifestation

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An indication or sign of a condition

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Occluded

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Closed or obstructed

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Parameter

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A characteristic or constant factor, limit

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Patent

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Open

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Pathogenic

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Causing or able to cause disease

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Posterior

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Located behind; in the back

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Precipitous

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Rapid, uncontrolled

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Rationale

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The underlying reason

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Recur

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To occur again

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Serene

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Calm, tranquil

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Status

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Condition

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Suppress

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To stop or subdue

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Ubiquitous

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Being or seeming to be everywhere at once

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Virulent

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Extremely harmful and severe

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Accolade

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Tribute or honor

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Adhere

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to hold fast or stick together

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Aggregate

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A sum total of many things

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Aggrieved

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Hurt or angry, feeling resentment

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Anachronism

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A thing of the past "my disease is anachronism

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Alleviate

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Reduce "this medication is alleviating my pain"

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Bacteria

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Single-celled, microscopic organisms

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Barrage

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Bombardment, onslaught (continuous attack)

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Bearing

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Manner, direction, or influence (a person way of standing or moving)

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Benign

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Not harmful in effect (not malignant "tumor")

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Bilateral

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Present on two sides

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Callous

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Heartless, cruel, or pitiless

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Cardiac

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Of or relating to the heart

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Cataract

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Medical condition of the eye where it becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision.

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Cease

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Come to an end or bring to an end

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Constitute

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To establish, create, organize

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Flaccid

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Soft and hanging loosely or limply

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Incidence

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Occurrence

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Inhibits

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To hold back, constrain, or slow. "migraine pills inhibit migraines"

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Rigid

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Not flexible

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Progeny

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Offspring

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Prognosis

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The anticipated or expected course or outcome (forecast)

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Raucous

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Wild, loud, or disorderly

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Panacea

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Cure, solution, or remedy

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Oubliette

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Prison, dungeon, or cell.

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Overt

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Obvious or visible

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Paroxysmal

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Sudden, recurrence spasms or seizures.

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Pediculous

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Infested with lice

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Regale

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To entertain, amuse, or delight.

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Relic

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Thing of the past

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Spinster

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Unmarried woman

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Obtuse

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Ignorant

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Milieu

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The environmental condition or setting

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Paltry

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Worthless

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Rampant

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Unrestrained

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Affable

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friendly, good-natured, o easy to talk to. New coach.

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration; exaggerated explanations