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You are seeing Jonathan, an 21-year-old at the university health center. He is healthy and has no medical history or allergies. He is engaged with one sexual partner and does not use illicit drugs. He had all of his childhood vaccines per the CDC childhood schedule. His last immunizations were when he was entering college at 18-years-old when he received the following: TdaP, MMR, 2nd dose of Varicella, 3rd dose of HPV; and 2nd dose Meningicoccal B.  Which of the following vaccines would you recommend that Jonathan have today?

Joan Anderson receives the diagnosis of hepatomegaly. What does hepatomegaly mean?

The act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward is known as ____________________.

A feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness that is often the first indication of an infection is known as ____________________.

Nan Gonzalez, who has been standing all day at her job, notices her ankles and feet appear puffy and swollen. Which is the term for Nan’s condition?

Uremic poisoning, a toxic condition in which urea and other waste products normally secreted in the urine are retained in the bloodstream, is also known as ____________________.

An abnormality in which the male urethra opening is on the upper surface of the penis is ____________________.

What color is the skin of a patient with cyanosis?

Mack Sanders arrives at the medical office with a fever. Mack’s fever is an example of a ________.

High altitude, ice covered all year characterizes the climate paralleling the region located south of the Himalayas that contains the Ganga Plain reaching from northern India to northern Pakistan.