Apraxia - Loss of ability to execute or carry out skilled movement, Ataxia - Group of disorders that affect coordination, balance, and speech, Bradykenisia - Slowness of movement, Anomia - Inability to retrieve known words after brain injury, Antileukotriene  - asthma medication that reduces airway swelling and prevents airway muscles from tightening, Antioxidants - Substances that protect the body from damaging free radicals, Autonomic neuropathy - Damage to nerves that control involuntary body functions, autoantibodies - Proteins created by the immune system that mistakenly identifies healthy tissues and organs as threats, Avulsion - Tearing away one part of the body from another, such as nail torn off, Barretts Esophagus - Abnormal growth of stomach or small intestinal cells in the esophagus, Barium study - Imaging viewing esophagus and upper stomach, Basal Cell Carcinoma - Most common form of skin cancer, usually doesn't metastasize, Basilar artery - supplies cerebellum, brain stem, occipital area, Benzodiazepines - Antianxiety meds maintaining levels of neurotransmitters GABA, Beriberi - Nervous system or heart disorder caused by lack of Thiamine (B1), Beta-blockers - Meds that block epinephrine and norepinephrine from attaching to beta receptors, Beta cells - create insulin in islets of Langerhans of pancreas , Biguanides - Meds that stop liver from producing excess glucose and improve sensitivity to insulin, Beta amyloid - Abnormal protein deposited in the brain in Alzheimer's disease, Bi-level positive airway pressure - Machine assisting air into lungs by increasing pressure or force of air when breathing in, Biphosphonate  - Used to prevent and treat osteoporosis by slowing down breakdown of bone; Alendronate, Borborygmi - Stomach growling as gas moves through intestines, Bouchards nodes - Hard bony growths in finger joints with osteoarthritis, Brachytherapy - Implantation of radioactive seeds or pellets to treat cancer, Broca's area - Frontal lobe responsible for language and speech, Cardiac output - Amount of blood pumped in one minute by the left side of the heart into circulation, Cardioplegia - Temporarily stopping the heart during heart surgery, Cardiac myocytes - heart muscles cells, Cardiac tamponade - Fluid or blood fills sac surrounding heart; interfering with heart's ability to pump, Cardiac endarterectomy - removing plaque buildup from carotid artery to restore blood flow to brain,

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