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  • 51Vesicaria — Bladder Blad der (bl[a^]d d[ e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW. bl[ a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr.… …

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  • 52renal system disease — Introduction  any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human excretory system. They include benign and malignant tumours, infections and inflammations, and obstruction by calculi.       Diseases can have an impact on the elimination of… …

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  • 53cardiovascular disease — Introduction       any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels (blood vessel). Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a …

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  • 54turgid — adjective /ˈtɜːdʒɪd,ˈtɝːdʒɪd,ˈtɝːɡɪd/ a) Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force. I have a turgid limb. b) Tediously pompous or bombastic …

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  • 55Colonoscopy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 45.23 MeSH …

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  • 56Sengstaken-Blakemore tube — Intervention ICD 9 CM 96.06 …

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  • 57Ventilator-associated lung injury — Ventilator associated lung injury, also known by the abbreviation VALI, is lung injury thought to be due to artifical (mechanical) ventilation.EtiologyVALI is thought to be caused by multiple factors.Fact|date=March 2008 The human lung normally… …

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  • 58ventricose — adj. [L. dim. venter, belly] 1. Distended, inflated toward the middle. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) In Harpidae, having the whorls or valves swollen or strongly convex; inflated in the middle or on one side …

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  • 59big — a. 1. Great, large, huge, bulky, massive, massy. 2. Haughty, arrogant, proud, pompous, important, swelling, swollen, tumid, inflated, boastful, lofty, bombastic, blustering, assuming, self conceited, self sufficient. 3. Distended, swollen,… …

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  • 60Blown — Blown, p. p. & a. 1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas. [1913 Webster] 2. Stale; worthless. [1913 Webster] 3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. Their horses much blown. Sir W. Scott.… …

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