Glossary
- axilla
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Space below the shoulder through which vessels and nerves enter and leave the upper arm; a person's armpit
- diurnal rhythm
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Once a day cycle
- helix
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Prominent rim of the auricle
- hello
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A greeting in the English language
- hyperthermia
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Condition where an individual's body temperature is elevated beyond normal due to failed thermoregulation. The person's body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates.
- hypothalamus
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Main output of the limbic system. It is located on lower part of the top end of the brain stem.
- hypothermia
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Defined as a decrease in the core body temperature to at least 95 degrees F. It occurs when the heat loss is greater than the metabolic and heat production. Hypothermia can be categorized in three stages: mild, moderate and severe, based on core body temperature.
- progesterone
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Endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species. It belongs to a group of steroid hormones called the progestogens, and is the major progestogen in the body.
- short
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small in length, distance, or height
- Sprint
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Testing glossary
- too much
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Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Comparatively little height of a person.
Having little duration; opposite of long.
