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  1. cachectic
    relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia
  2. melange
    a motley 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 branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
  6. pathology
    the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
  7. etiology
    the cause of a disease
  8. outlier
    an extreme deviation from the mean
  9. objective
    the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
  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 (especially the place of a meeting)
  15. tenet
    a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
  16. tautology
    useless repetition
  17. raison d'etre
    reason for being
  18. plausible
    apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
  19. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
  20. archetypal
    representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
  21. surrogate
    someone who takes the place of another person
  22. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  23. borscht
    a Russian or Polish soup usually 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
    successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
  29. apiary
    a shed containing a number of beehives
  30. capon
    castrated male chicken
  31. aphasia
    inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
  32. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  33. endocrine
    of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
  34. imprimatur
    formal and explicit approval
  35. adduce
    advance evidence for