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window period
time after infection that it takes for the body to respond to the presence of a virus by making enough antibodies to show up on blood tests
withdrawal
feelings of intense craving for a drug after a person decreases or stops using it; this can include physical pain, shaking, flu-like symptoms, anxiety or depression