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Medical terms beginning with V
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V terms
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A rehearsal for an infection the body has never met, arranged so that the real encounter is answered from memory.
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The leg has to move blood uphill against gravity, and once the valves that stop it falling back give way, the vein stretches.
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Not the same thing as dizziness or faintness, and the distinction narrows the list of possible causes faster than any test.