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Personal Narrative: My Medical Vocabulary

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Good for you it looks like you have an exceptional understanding of these words. You have definitely helped me to expand my medical vocabulary. From your choice of words I learned that Neauropathy is a disease that caauses numbness or weakness which I had never known before. I also learned that Meningeal is three layers of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Which, is also something I had never known before. I appreciate you helping me learn more words pertaining to the different body

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