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Nursing Adjectives

TermDefinition
anticipated expected
nonessential 1. not essential 2. being a substance synthesized by the body in sufficient quantity to satisfy dietary needs
contraindicated not advised as a course of treatment or procedure
toxic containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation
sedentary doing or requiring much sitting or not physically active
on hand in present possession or readily available
accelerated occurring or developing at a faster rate than usual
acute having a sudden onset, sharp rise, and short course
adequate sufficient for a specific need or requirement
critical being or relating to an illness or condition involving danger of death
infectious spreading or capable of spreading rapidly to others
postoperative following a surgical operation
prenatal occurring, existing, performed, or used before birth
preventive designed or serving to prevent the occurrence of disease
primary of first rank, importance, or value
rapid marked by a fast rate of motion, activity, succession, or occurrence
surgical used in or in connection with surgery
therapeutic of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : CURATIVE, MEDICINAL
elderly of, relating to, or characteristic of later life or elderly persons elderliness noun
adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult
pediatric of, relating to, affecting, or being an infant, child, or adolescent
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