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weakness
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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surgical breaking
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cell
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to bind or tie together surgically
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pain
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surgical removal; excision
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swelling
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condition
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producing; originating; causing
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record; image
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process of recording an image
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condition
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inflammation
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movement
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movement
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specialist in the study
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study of
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breakdown; loosening; dissolving
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softening
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process of measuring
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tumor; mass
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abnormal condition
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disease
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deficiency; abnormal reduction
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surgical repair
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paralysis
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suture
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rupture
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instrument used to observe
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process of observing
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instrument used to cut
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incision; cut into
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development
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