The medical term for the time when menstruation begins is? |
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Menarche |
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The medical term for when menstruation stops is? |
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Menopause |
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The medical term for paralysis from the waist down is? |
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Paraplegia |
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The medical term for moving a body part away from the body? |
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abduction |
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The medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body is? |
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adduction |
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The medical term for tube feeding is? |
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gavage |
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The common term for a decubitus ulcer: a pressure sore? |
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bed sore |
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Removal of synovial fluid from a joint is called? |
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arthrocentesis |
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A condition seen in infancy due to a deficiency in vitamin D characterized by softening of the bone is called? |
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Rickets |
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Abnormal S-shaped lateral curavature of the spine is called? |
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Scoliosis |
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What is the name of the structure in the heart which distributes the electical impulse to the ventricles? |
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Purkinje fibers |
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The temperature taken at the armpit is the? |
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Axillary temperature |
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What is a break in a bone (without penetration) of the sin surface over the fracture site called? |
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closed fracture |
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Inflammation of the eyelid is called? |
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blepharitis |
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