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Answer
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The external ear
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Pinna
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Another term for ‘fever’
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Pyrexia
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DNA consists of these, Purines and
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Pyrimidines
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A branch of medicine dealing with children
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Pediatrics
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SA Node is also called
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Pacemaker
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The full form of PET, a radiology procedure
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Positron Emission Tomography
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Abnormal pounding or fast beating of the heart
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Palpitation
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An organ of the digestive system, which produces insulin
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Pancreas
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A disease prevalent over the whole country or world, example, covid
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Pandemic
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A sample of cells of the cervix for testing
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Pap smear
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Another term for childbirth
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Parturition
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Heartbeat
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Pulse
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Of or relating to the lungs
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Pulmonary
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Birth before the completion of gestation
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Premature
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Fluid matrix of the blood
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Plasma
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A nutritive component of diet
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Protein
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Blood clotting agents
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Platelets
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A gland in the male reproductive system
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Prostate
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The first discovered antibiotic
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Penicillin
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The part of the eye through which light enters
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Pupil
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The two girdles in the body, pectoral and
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Pelvic
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Carrying a fetus in the womb
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Pregnancy
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Also called ‘infantile paralysis’
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Polio
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A bacterial infection which causes severe inflammation of the lungs in which the alveoli are filled with fluid
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Pneumonia
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A method used to multiply DNA fragments for laboratory studies
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PCR
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Specialised cardiac muscle fibres forming a network of conducting tissue in the heart
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Purkinje fibres
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A progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement
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Parkinson’s disease
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Preventive and curative measures against a disease or ailment
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Prophylaxis
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Components of voice, frequency and
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Pitch
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Also called the master endocrine gland
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Pituitary
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