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Diminished thirst.  

Incision of tissues below the skin.  

Deficiency in hormone or other secretion of glands.  

Lack of normal secretion of stomach juice.  

Faded hair color.  

Morbid anxiety about one’s health. A condition in which a person is too worried about his or her own health and believes he or she is ill. Preoccupation with the physical functioning of the body and with fancied ill health. It may amount to a handicapping neurosis and dominate a person’s life. In the most…

Reduction of salt intake. Diminished sodium chloride in the diet; used in treating hypertension and certain kidney diseases.  

Deficiency of the enzyme that promotes break-down of hydrogen peroxide.  

Deficiency of carbon dioxide in the blood. A condition in which there is not enough carbon dioxide in the blood. The presence in the blood of an abnormally low concentration of carbon dioxide. A blood tension of carbon dioxide below normal. It is produced by hyperventilation which may be voluntary, mechanical (if the patient is…

Deficiency of calcium.