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Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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abrupt | Sudden |
Abstain | To voluntarily |
Access | A means to obtain entry or a mens of approach |
Accountable | Responsible |
Adhere | To hold fast or stick together |
Adverse | Undersired, possible harmful |
Affect | Appearance of observable emotions |
Annual | Occuring every year |
Endogenous | Produced WITHIN the body |
Exacerbate | To make worse or more severe |
Exogenous | Produced OUTSIDE the obdy |
Hematologic | Of or relating to blood |
Insidious | So gradual as to not become apparent for along time |
Labile | Changing rapidly and often |
Latenet | Present but not active or visible |
Lethargic | Difficult to arouse |
Neurologic | Of or relating to the nervous system |
Neurovascular | Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels |
Nutrient | Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment |
Overt | obvious; easily observed |
Parameter | A characteristic or constant factor, limit |
Paroxysmal | Beginning suddenly or abruptly; convulsive |
Patent | Open |
Pathogenic | Causing or able to cause disease |
Pathology | Process, causes and effects of a disease; abnormality |
Potent | Producing a strong effect |
Precipitous | Rapid, uncontrolled |
Predispose | To make more susceptivle or more likely to occur |
Prognosis | The anticipated or expected course or outcome |
Renal | Of or relating to the kidney |
Strict | Stringent, exact complete |
Syndrome | Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder. |
Therapeutic | Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder |
Untoward | Adverse or negative |
Virus | Microscopic infectious agent capable or replicating only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease. |