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Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |