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Hesi Vocab A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ruddy | of or having a fresh, healthy red color; flushed |
| Prognosis | outcome statement; likely course of a disease or ailment; forecast |
| Labile | volatile, fluctuate sharply and regularly; unstable emotionally |
| Progeny | describe a person's offspring; descendant |
| Milieu | surroundings, the environmental condition |
| Febrile | having a fever, feverish |
| Indigent | poor enough to need help from others, needy |
| Indignant | outraged, angered at something unjust or wrong |
| Lysis | process of enzymes digesting food, destruction of cells |
| Alleviate | reduce, provide physical relief, as from pain |
| Untoward | unseemingly, not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right and proper |
| Parameters | limits, any factor that defines a system and determines its performance |
| Aide | someone who acts as an assistant |
| Aid | a resource; give help or assistance; be of service |
| Ravenous | hungry; starved; devouring or craving food in great quantities |
| Effect | outcome or result that follows or is cause by something |
| Affect | conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion, touch |