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  1. Body Mass Index (BMI): measure of body fat that is the ratio of the weight of the body in kilograms to the square of its height in meters

  2. Sarcoma:

  3. Brachytherapy: a type of radiation therapy that places radioactive isotopes in or near the tumor

  4. Afebrile: without fever.

  5. Aneroid: operating without a fluid; when used in reference to a sphygmomanometer, measuring by a dial instead of a mercury column

  6. Apex: the point, tip, or summit of anything; in reference to the heart, the point of maximum impulse of the heart against the chest wall

  7. Apical: referring to the apex

  8. Apnea:

  9. Arrhythmia: without rhythm; irregularity.

  10. Aural: the ear; temperature measurement using tympanic infrared scanner

  11. Spleen: an oval, vascular, ductless gland below the diaphragm in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen.

  12. Dyspnea:

  13. Thymus: unpaired organ located in the mediastinal cavity anterior to and above the heart.

  14. Immunoglobulins: a large protein molecule that assesses in the immune response

  15. Histamine:

  16. Immunosuppressed: a conditional where the immune system has been overpowered and cannot function adequately

  17. Antigens: any immunizing agent that would introduce him to the body may produce antibodies

  18. T-Cells:

  19. Adenoids: Lymphoid structures of the lymphatic system that protect the entry to the respiratory system.

  20. Malignant: cancerous growth; tumor.

  21. Lymph Vessel: The capillaries, vessels, and ducts that return lymph from the tissues to the venous bloodstream.

  22. Antibodies: protein substances carried by cells to counteract the effect of an antigen

  23. Mensuration: the process of measuring

  24. Axillary: referring to the under arm area

  25. Orthostatic: standing