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Qualm
1. Sickness, disease, pestilence, or death. As in 'A thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [not dead of sickness]' (Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales) 2. A sudden sick feeling. As in 'A qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most…
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- Unilateral Having, or relating to, one side. Unilateral is as opposed, for example, to bilateral (which means having, or…
- Labile Labile: Unstable, unsteady, not fixed. In psychology or psychiatry, labile denotes free and uncontrolled…
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- Hypochondriac A person who has hypochondriasis, a disorder characterized by a preoccupation with body functions and the…
- Voiding cystourethrogram A test done to examine the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties. A radiopaque liquid (that…
- Burp 1. Gas brought up from the stomach through the mouth producing a gutteral noise.2. As a verb, to bring up gas…
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- Pneumo- Prefix pertaining to breathing, respiration, the lungs, pneumonia, or air