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All microorganisms cause disease
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false
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bacteria reproduce very slowly
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False - reproduction rate of bacteria is affected by change in temperature, nutrition and pH
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most fungi do not cause disease in humans
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true
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Trichinella spiralis is a roundworm that enters the body in infected meat eaten raw or undercooked.
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True
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Untreated strep throat is not serious and does not lead to complications
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false
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A substance used to impart color to tissue or cells in order to study and identify microscopic organisms is called a stain.
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true
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bacteria that stain purple are gram positive
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true
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the study of all factors that cause disease is known as Etiology.
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true
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Infarction is an area of dead tissue caused by an invasion of bacteria or loss of blood supply.
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false - caused by lack of oxygen
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disease caused by an error in the individual's genetic makeup is known as a hereditary disease
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true
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bacterial infections of the skin include chickenpox.
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false - viral
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anthrax and scarlet fever are bacterial infections of the skin.
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true
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The most common type of anemia inthe U. S. is sickle cell
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False - iron anemia
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the sudden onset of a disease marked by intensity is described as chronic
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false - acute
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Thrombophlebitis occurs most commonly in the lower legs
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True
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Chronic is to develop gradually and persistent for a long period, often the remainder of a person's life.
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True
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Mast cells are the primary source of histamine and heparin
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True
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Bacilli are spiral shaped bacteria
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false - Rod shaped
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cocci are spherical bateria
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true
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streptobacillia are bacteria in which the rods or filaments tend to fragment into chains
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true
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A precancerous legion which occurs on mucous membrane of the tongue and is common whith smokers is
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Leukoplakia
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A condition in which the heart is unable to pump adequate amounts of blood to the tissues and organs is
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cardiac failure
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the diagnisis and treatment of disease of the brain, spinal cord, and nerve disorders are called
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Neurology
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An inflammatin of the menings of the brain and spinal cord due usually to a bacterial infection fromthe ears, sinuses, lungs, or a brain abscess is called
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Meningitis
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Which of the following functional changes would be least expected in patients with acute mocardial infarction
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a decrease in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
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A quick rising and collapsing (waterhammer) pulse is characteristic of
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aortic regurgitation
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A lift or heave is the rise with each heartbeat of the
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sturnum
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Hypertension in the adult is defined as blood pressure greater than
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140/90 mm Hg
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The precordium refers to the area of the chest overlying the
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heart
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A slow rising and sustained carotid pulse is a characteristic of
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aortic stenosis
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in cluster headaches
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there may be conjuctival injection and tearing of the eye on the involved side
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Migraine headaches maybe
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heralded by visual disturbances
aggraved by oral contraceptives continuous, lasting for weeks |
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The most common type of headaches is a
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tension headache
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Variation in the shape of the red cells would be indicated as
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poikkilocytosis
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Erythoblastosis fetalis is an example of what type of disease found in newborns characterized by anemia, jaundice,liver and spleen inlargement
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hemolytic
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a thrombic occulsionis a/an
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blocking of an artery by a clot
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an inflammation of the skin usually causing itching ans sometimes accompanied by scaling or blisters is
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eczema
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coronary artery diseas is directly associtated with
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restricted blood flow to the heart
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a congenital defect consisting of the absence of a vertebral arch of the spinal column is called
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spina bifida
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paralysis of the lower limbs and at varying degrees of the lower trunk is called
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paraplegia
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A seizure disorder affecting 1 to 2 % of the population and is associated with electrical impulses from the neurons of the brain
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epilepsy
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persons incapable of forming melanin are called
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albino
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Increasing evidence has linked thedisease idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) with
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castastrophic lysis of platelets in the free circulation
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serum sickness
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occurs only after the administration of foreign serums to humans
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individuals at risk for hemolytic reaction to transfused blood are those sensitized to red blood cell antigens
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transfusions and pregnancy
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Hereditary angiedema (HANE)
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manifest as recurrent bouts of edema involving peripheral structures as well as the larynx and bowel
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Which of the following are characteristics of infantile eczema?
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it is associated with red, raised, pruritic, scaling areas involving the cheeks, scalp and diaper area
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Which of the following may precipitate individual attacks of asthma?
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volatiel irritants from organic solvents,
exposure to mists and dusts in individual plants, inhalation of cold air |
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A condition indication that certain elements are lacking in the blood
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Anemia
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A mysterious condition which kills apparently healthy infants between the ages of 4 weeks and 7 months
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(SIDS) sudden infant death syndrome
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An acute bronchopneumonia which derived its name from a highly publicized incident where 182 people developed the disease at a convention in Philadephia in 1976:
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Legionnaires' disease
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A metabolic bone disorder affecting promarily postmenopausal women and is characterized by the loss of calcium and phosphate from the bone:
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osteoporosis
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What chronic infammatory disease attacks joints and surrounding tissues and is intermittent with periods of remission?
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rheumatoid arthritis
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What contagious , superficial skin infection is usually seen in young children?
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impetigo
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A condition of excessive intraocular pressure which results in atrophy of the optic nerve is called
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glaucoma
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a gradually developing cloudiness of the lens, occurring most frequently in persons over 70 year of age is
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cataracts
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which of the following tissue changes are associated with uncomplicated asthma?
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smooth muscle spasm, mucosal edema
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a fragile organism called gonococcus bacteria causes which of the following?
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gonorrhea
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a chronic disease of insulin deficiency or resistance is
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dibetes mellitus
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a critical illness resulting in the sudden cessation of kidney function is
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renal failure
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a condition characterized by alternating periods of constipation and diarrhea is called
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spastic colon
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an encircled lesion in the mucous membrane lining of the stomach is
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peptic ulcer
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a crack or tear in the ining of the anus is referred to as
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fissure
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a condition characterized by frequent liquid stools is
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diarrhea
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congenital anemia occurs primarily in African Americans and about one in ten carry the abnormal gene called
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sickle cell
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the most potent stimulus to increasing coronary blood flow is called
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local myocardial hypoxia
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the medical term for the physician who treats skin disease is called
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dermatologist
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the term for disease producing is
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pathogenic
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diabetes mellitus is a disease that involves the
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pancreas
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a medical specialty in which radioactive substances are used in the dianosis and treatment of disease is
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nuclear medicine
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diagnosis and treatment of maladies of the musculoskeletal system
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orthopaedic surgery
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osteolysis means
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dissolving of bone
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Inflammation of the renal pelvis is referred to as
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pyelonephritis
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Leukemia
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blood condition involving white blood cells
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intercostal refers to
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between the ribs
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Inside the cells is referred to as
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intracellular
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Hepatitis is inflammation of the
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inflammation of the liver
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a malignant tumor is referred to as
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carcinoma
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a malignant tumor ot the epithelium is a
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carcinoma
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pathology is
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the study of disease
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high blood pressure is referred to as
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hypertension
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a myoma is
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a tumor of the muscle
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bradycardia refers to
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slow heartbeat
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infection refers to
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sepsis
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remission refers to
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lessening of symptoms
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relapse refers to
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recurrence of symptoms
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pancytopenia refers to
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decrease in all blood cells
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Metastasis refers to
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growth of cancer cells from one tissue to another
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Liver enlargement is referred to as
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hepatolmegaly
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an abnormal increase in red cells is called
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erthrocytosis
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one who studies disease is a
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pathologist
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inflammation of the joint and bone is referred to as
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osteoarthritis
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Hysteropathy refers to
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any uterine disorder
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an allergy is
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state of hypersensitivity
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anemias are diseases of the
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red blood cells
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