aetiology
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the cause of a disease
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a dangerous lack of water in the body resulting from not drinking enough or by sweating, vomiting, or having diarrhoea
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something that you think you can see or hear that is not really there, especially because of an illness or the effect of drugs
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the process by which illness or injury causes a small hole or cut in an organ or tube inside your body
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the fact that someone is likely to think or behave in a particular way, or likely to develop a particular medical condition
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a situation in which harmful substances stay in the body instead of passing out of it
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uncontrolled quick movements of your body that you make because, for example, you are ill, nervous, or have drunk too much alcohol
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likely to suffer from a particular illness or condition, or to be affected by it more severely than others are
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the time during an epidemic when the number of people who are infected with a disease increases very quickly
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a loss of balance, or a feeling that things around you are spinning, often because you are in a very high place
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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… to reveal a small part of your intentions in order to attract support, without actually committing yourself to doing anything
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