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Frostbite

The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.

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Harm 76% connected

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Injury 76% connected

Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong,…

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trauma 76% connected

Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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Actinotherapy noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Chelation noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning

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Coccidiosis noun · 78% connection

(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia

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Curvature noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"

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Disfunction noun · 78% connection

(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…

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Dysfunction noun · 78% connection

(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…

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Emergency procedure noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)

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Gauze bandage noun · 78% connection

(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings

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Germ theory noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms

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Group practice noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources

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Immune carrier noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others

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Immunity noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

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Low-level radioactive waste noun · 78% connection

(medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)

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Medicinal drug noun · 78% connection

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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Medicine noun · 78% connection

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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Percussor noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes

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Plessor noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes

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Plexor noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes

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Adductor noun · 78% connection

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed t…

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Auriculated adjective · 78% connection

Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (…

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Congeal verb · 78% connection

To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.

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Congelation noun · 78% connection

The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of…

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Conglaciation noun · 78% connection

The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost.

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Coriolis effect noun · 78% connection

(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…

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Corn noun · 78% connection

The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and befor…

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Cryohydrate noun · 78% connection

A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the…

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Cryophorus noun · 78% connection

An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connecte…

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Ear verb · 78% connection

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

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Eared adjective · 78% connection

Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.

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Entropy noun · 78% connection

A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…

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