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1
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Septal defect

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Hole in the heart

2
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Food poisoning that effects gastrointestinal tract

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Salmonella

3
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High blood pressure

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Hypertension

4
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Low blood sugar

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Hypoglycemia

5
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When body temperature drops below 95 degrees

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Hypothermia

6
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Sudden sleep attacks

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Narcolepsy

7
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Anxiety about health

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Hypchondria

8
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“Splitting of the mind” phenomenon

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Schizophrenia

9
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Hansen’s or Father Damien’s disease

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Leprosy

10
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Insulin deficiency disorder

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Diabetes

11
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Hereditary bleeding disease

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Hemophilia

12
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Disorder resulting in weakness of the facial muscles

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Bell’s palsy

13
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Iron or hemoglobin deficiency

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Anemia

14
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Plague that spread across 14th century Europe

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Bubonic plague or the Black Death

15
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Mary Mallon’s disease (1904-15)

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Typhoid

16
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“Kissing disease”

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Mononucleosis

17
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Mononucleosis germ

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Epstein-Barr

18
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Scarlet fever germ

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Streptococci

19
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Virus that appeared in Zaire in 1995

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Ebola

20
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Mutation bacteria that causes paralyzing cramps

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E. Coli

21
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Common virus that causes colds

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Rhino virus

22
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Twenty-four hour human biological rhythym

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Circadian rhythym

23
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Enlargement of the thyroid gland by iodine deficiency

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Goiter

24
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Damaged brain stem disease

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Polio

25
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Common name for pertussis

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Whooping Cough

26
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Common name for neoplasm

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Tumor

27
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Common name for consumption

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Tuberculosis

28
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Common name for rubella

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German measles

29
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Common baby disease

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Colic

30
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Common name for myopia

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Near sightedness

31
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Common name for conjunctivitis

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Pink eye

32
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Common name for Daltonism

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Color blindness

33
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Common name for alopecia

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Baldness

34
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Low blood pressure

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Hypotension

35
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Hyperactive child disorder

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Attention deficit hyperactive disororder

36
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Blockage of an artery by a bubble or blood clot

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Embolism

37
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Disease of hardening of the artery walls

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Arteriosclerosis

38
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Inflamation - pain and swelling of the joints

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Arthritis

39
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Memory loss associated with the elderly

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Alzheimer’s disease

40
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Disease that destroys myelin sheaths in nerve fibers

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Multiple sclerosis

41
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Bacterial disease causing abdominal pain and dehydration

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Cholera

42
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Diver’s condition of nitrogen bubbles in the blood

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Bends

43
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Chronic respiratory disease that includes spasms

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Asthma

44
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Scar tissue of the liver caused by alcoholim

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Cirrhosis

45
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Reduced bone mass disease

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Osteoporosis

46
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Common name for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Lou Gehrig’s Disease

47
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Common name of diazapan

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Valium

48
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Paralyzing food poisoning caused by a toxin

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Botulism

49
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Hormone prescribed to promote fertility

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Estrogen

50
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Swelling of salivary glands is a symptom of this

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Mumps

51
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Compound carried by high and low density lipoproteins

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Cholesterol

52
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Most common cause of death in America

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Heart disease

53
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Second most common cause of death in America

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Cancer

54
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First organ to be transplanted - 1954

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Kidney

55
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How fetal defects are detected

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Amniocentesis

56
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“Picture” of an unborn child

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Sonogram

57
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Tuberculocus is a disease of this organ

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Lungs

58
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Surgery to correct myopia

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Radio caritodimy

59
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Pyelonephritis is a disease of this organ

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Kidney

60
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The study of cancer

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Oncology

61
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RICE

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Rest - ice - compression - elevation

62
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PTSD

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Post traumatic stress disorder

63
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Vitamin deficiency causing night blindness

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A (retinol)

64
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Vitamin deficiency causing beriberi

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B-1 (thiamine)

65
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Vitamin deficiency causing lesions

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B-2 (riboflavin)

66
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Vitamin deficiency causing anemia

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B-6 (niacen)

67
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Vitamin deficiency causing pernicious anemia

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B-12 (folic acid)

68
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Vitamin deficiency causing rickets

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D

69
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Equipment used to electrically restart the heart

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Defibrillator

70
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Disorder of the wrist

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Carpal tunnel Syndrome

71
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Bulge in an artery wall

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Aneurysm

72
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When the spinal cord blocks pain

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Analgesia

73
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Inflamation of the tongue

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Glossalgia

74
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Steroid that relieves arthrits pain

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Cortisone

75
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Malaria medicine from chinchona tree bark

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Quinine

76
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Disease of the gum

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Gingivitis

77
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Gum doctor

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Periodontist

78
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Thyroid disease

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Grave’s Disease

79
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Food aversion disorder

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Anorexia Nervosa

80
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Hepatitis is a disease of this organ

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Liver

81
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Syndrome involving barking and cursing

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Tourette’s Syndrome

82
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Blood clotting vitamin

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K

83
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Retardation caused by an extra chromosome

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Down syndrome

84
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Yellowing of the skin caused by excessive bile

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Jaundice

85
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Brief stopping of breathing during sleep

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Sleep apnea

86
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Disease with raised fluid pressure on the eye

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Glaucoma

87
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Clouding of the eye’s lens

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Cataracts

88
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Eye lens defect

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Astigmatism

89
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Affliction in which children are socially withdrawn

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Autism

90
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Rhinitis affects this

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Nose

91
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Encephalitis is a disease of this organ

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Brain

92
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Binge eating and purging disease

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Bulimia

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