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  1. cachectic
    relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia
  2. melange
    a varied mixture or assortment of things
  3. warfarin
    an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
  4. prognosis
    a prediction of the course of a disease
  5. physiology
    the science dealing with the functioning of organisms
  6. pathology
    the branch of medical science that studies diseases
  7. etiology
    the cause of a disease
  8. outlier
    a person or thing that does not conform to a norm
  9. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  10. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  11. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  12. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  13. sclerosis
    any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
  14. locus
    the scene of any event or action
  15. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
  16. tautology
    useless repetition
  17. raison d'etre
    the reason why something exists
  18. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  19. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
  20. archetypal
    of an original pattern on which other things are modeled
  21. surrogate
    someone or something that takes the place of another
  22. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  23. borscht
    a soup containing beet juice as a foundation
  24. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  25. xerostomia
    abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva
  26. palliative
    moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
  27. gyrus
    a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
  28. ague
    chills and fever that are symptomatic of malaria
  29. apiary
    a shed containing a number of beehives
  30. capon
    castrated male chicken
  31. aphasia
    inability to use language because of a brain lesion
  32. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  33. endocrine
    of or belonging to glands that secrete hormones
  34. imprimatur
    formal and explicit approval
  35. adduce
    advance evidence for
Created on Sat Mar 21 18:05:39 EDT 2009 (updated Thu Jun 04 11:35:12 EDT 2009)

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