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A collapse or airless condition of the lung.
Atelectasis
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Absence or loss of hair, esp. of the head.
Alopecia
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A wasting; a decrease in size of an organ or tissue.
Atrophy
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A large blister or skin vesicle filled with fluid.
Bullae
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A substance secreted by glands at the outer third of the ear canal.
Cerumen
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An enlarged terminal phalanx of the finger. Excessive growth of the soft tissues of the ends of the fingers.
Clubbing
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A crackling or rattling sound made by a part of the body, either spommtaneously or during physical examination.
Crepitus
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Dried serum, pus, or blood on the skin surface.
Crust
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A blue, gray, slate, or dark purple discoloration of the skin caused by deoxygenated or reduced hemoglobin in the blood.
Cyanosis
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A closed sac or pouch with a definite wall that contains fluid, semifluid, or solid material.
Cyst
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Two images of an object seen at the same time.
Diplopia
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Inability to swallow or difficulty in swallowing.
Dysphagia
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Impairment of speech resulting from a brain lesion or neurodevelopmental disorder.
Dysphasia
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Air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breating, sometimes accompanied by pain.
Dyspnea
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Bruise;Superficial bleeding under the skin or a mucous membrain.
Ecchymosis
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A local or generalized condition in which body tissues contain an excessive amount of tissue fluid in the interstitial space.
Edema
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An eating away of tissue. External or internal destruction of a surface layer by physical or inflammatory processes.
Erosion
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Reddening of the skin.
Erythema
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Abnormal anterior protrusion of the eyeball (hypothyroidism)
Exaphthalmos
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A groove, natural division, cleft, slit, or deep furrow; opening
Fissure
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A swelling comprising a mass of extravasated blood confined to an organ, tissue, or space and caused by a break in a blood vessel.
Hematoma
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A temporary deficiency of blood flow to an organ or tissue,
Ischemia
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A condition marked by yellow staining of body tissues and fluids, as a result of excessice levels or bilirubin in the bloodstream.
Jaundice
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Type of scar caused by an over active tissue repair process following a skin injury or trauma to the skin
Keloid
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Abn exaggerated or angulation of the posterior curve of the thoracic spine, commonly know as "humpbakc".
Kyphosis
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Cutaneous thickening and hardening from continued irritation.
Lichenification
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A flat spot on the skin whos color may be lighter or darker than the surrounding skin. ex: freckles and vitiligo
Macule
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An error in refraction in which light rays are focused in front of the retina, enabling the person to see distincly for only a short distance.
Myopia
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A small cluster of cells.
Nodule
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Involuntary back and forth or cyclical movements of the eyes.
Nystagmus
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Having diminished arounsal and awareness, often as the result of intoxication, metabolic illness, infection, or neurological catastrophe.
Obtunded
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Lack of color; paleness
Pallor
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Swelling of the optic nerve with dilated veins, blurred optic disc margins, and an enlarged blind spot on the visual field.
Papilledema
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a small bump or pimple, typically larger than a grain of salt, but smaller than a peppercorn, that rises aboce the surface of the neighboring skin
Papule
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Small, purplish, hemorrhagice spots on the skin that appear in patients with platelet deciciencies and in many febrile illnesses.
Petechiae
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Bening growth in the body characterized by finger-like projections.
Polyps
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Th permanent loss of accomodation of the crystalline lens of the eye that is marked by the inability to maintain focus on objects held near to the eye.
Presbyopia
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Itch; a tingling or faintly burning skin sensation that prompts a person to rub or scratch.
Pruritus
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Dropping or drooping of an organ or part.
Ptosis
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Suppurative; forming or containing puss.
Purulent
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A small, elevated skin lesion filled with white blood cells and sometimes bacteria or the products of broken-down cells.
Pustule
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A mark left int he skin or an internal organ by the healing of a wound, sore, or injury because of replacement by connective tissue of the injured tissue.
Scar
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Containing or of the nature of serum and blood.
Serosanguneous
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Having the nature of serum; thin or watery
Serous
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A disorder of the eye in which optic axes cannot be directed to the same object.
Strabismus
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Stretch marks that are a form of scarring on the skin that are caused by tearing of the dermis.
Striae
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A lesion of the skin or the mucous membraned marked by inflammation, necrosis, and sloughing of damaged tissues.
Ulcer
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A more or less round and temporary elevation of the skin, white in the center with a pale-red perichery, accompanied by itching. (insect bites)
Wheal
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Resistance of the skin to deformation.
Turgor
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A chronic liver disease characterixed pathologically by liver scarring with loss of normal hepatic architecture areas of ineffective regeneration
Cirrhosis
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