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HESI: VOCAB
Question | Answer |
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To voluntarily refrain from something. | Abstain |
Sudden and possibly unexpected | Abrupt |
Tribute or honor. | Accolade |
To be responsible. | Accountable |
Sudden, intense. | Acute |
To hold fast or stick together. | Adhere |
Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is an _______ effect of many medications.) | Adverse |
Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions are under the _____ of the nurse manager.) | Aegis |
A sum total of many things. | Aggregate |
Hurt or angry. | Aggrieved |
Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. (EX: the patient was ________ about having a mastectomy.) | Ambivalent |
A thing of the past. "My disease is ___________" | Anachronism |
Cure or remedy. "I need an ________ for this headache" | Antidote |
Reduce. "This medicine is ________ my pain" | Alleviate |
To place, put on, or spread something. | Apply |
To give consent, to agree. | Assent |
Able to be heard. | Audible |
Single-celled, microscopic organisms. | Bacteria |
Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack). "This staph disease is so _______, I keep getting butt pimples." | Barrage |
Manner, direction, or influence. | Bearing |
Not harmful. | Benign |
Present on two sides. | Bilateral |
Heartless, cruel, or pitiless. | Callous |
Of or relating to the heart. | Cardiac |
Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision. | Cataract |
An opening or an empty area. | Cavity |
Come to an end or bring to an end. | Cease |
Order of events as they occurred; timeline. | Chronology |
Offsetting (or making up for something. Best described as corrective. | Compensatory |
Rounded inward. (RBC) | Concave |
Brief, to the point. | Concise |
Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows. (Texture). | Consistency |
To establish, create, or organize. | Constitute |
To draw together or become smaller. "Blood vessels ______ when you are in a cold environment" | Constrict |
Dependent/reliant. | Contingent |
A reason something is not advisable or should not be done. | Contraindication |
To be complex. "Her symptoms were very _______: back pain, headache, and severe nose bleed." | Convoluted |
Having or causing _______ (violent shaking of the body [epilepsy]) | Convulsive |
Hidden or concealed. "Her bruises were _______ under her clothes" | Covert |
Quick, perfunctory, not thorough. "run a _______ examination on the adult." | Cursory |
Expel feces. | Defecate |
A deficiency or lack of something. | Deficit |
Confused or mistaken. | Delusional |
Press downward. | Depress |
Downward measurement from a surface. | Depth |
Dried or withered. "Her feces were _______" | Desiccated |
Worsening. | Deteriorating |
Tool or piece of equipment. | Device |
Identification of an injury or disease. | Diagnosis |
To enlarge or expand. | Dilate |
To make a liquid less concentrated. | Dilute |
Distinct, separate. "Her bruises were so discrete, scattered all around her body" | Discrete |
Distant; away from the center (body). | Distal |
Enlarged or expanded from pressure. "Her stomach looked like a balloon, it was _______" | Distended |
Easily handled, tame i.e. not dangerous or frightened by people. "The little girl was ______, very gullible." | Docile |
Impaired or abnormal functioning. | Dysfunction |
Worldly or possible. | Earthly |
Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another. | Empathy |
Developing internally of body. "Cells are endogenous" | Endogenous |
To destroy completely. "Everyone wants to eradicate cancer." | Eradicate |
Balance. | Equilibrium |
Being extremely delicate or refined, ghostly, or eerie. | Ethereal |
The origin or cause of a disease or condition. | Etiology |
An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive. | Euphemism |
Confident. (I am ______ about this exam.) | Euphoric |
To make worse or more severe. | Exacerbate |
Developing externally of body. "Hair is ______" | Exogenous |
To increase in size or amount. | Expand |
To cough up discharge from the lungs through the mouth. (spit). | Expectorate |
To come in contact. | Exposure |
Lengthening; unbending a joint. | Extension |
Located outside the body. | External |
Resulting in death. | Fatal |
Extreme tiredness, exhaustion. | Fatigue |
Fever. | Febrile |
Soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant. (LIMP) (PENIS) | Flaccid |
Bending a joint. "____ING YOUR ARM" | Flexion |
Reddened or ruddy appearance. | Flushed |
Omit (to leave out or exclude). (FORGO-> NOGO). | Forgo |
Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines. | Gastrointestinal |
Bad breath. | Halitosis |
Evade, circumvent, or dodge. (ESCAPE OR AVOID). | Hedge |
To be thoughtless, unmindful, or careless. | Heedless |
Of or relating to blood. | Hematologic |
Maintenance of body fluid balance. | Hydration |
Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health. | Hygiene |
Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level. | Impaired |
Occurring in the near future, about to happen. | Impending |
Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through. "skin" | Impervious |
To put into action or to cause it to happen. | Implement |
To suggest without explicitly stating. | Imply |
Occurrence. | Incidence |
Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms. | Infection |
To conclude or deduce- arrive at a fact. | Infer |
Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender. | Inflamed |
To swallow for digestion. | Ingest |
To hold back, constrain, reduce, or slow. "Migraine pills ______ migraines" | Inhibits |
To begin or put into practice. | Initiate |
So gradual as to not become apparent (clearly visible) for a long time. | Insidious |
In place, unharmed, or whole. | Intact |
Located within the body. | Internal |
Inserting or entering into a body part. | Invasive |
Of or relating to movement. | Kinetic |
Changing rapidly and often. (VOLATILE) | Labile |
Cut;tear. | Laceration |
Present but not active or visible. | Latent |
On the side. | Lateral |
Bequest or relic. | Legacy |
Difficult to arouse. (wake). | Lethargic |
Sickness, condition, or dissatisfaction. | Malaise |
Expected to grow and worsen. | Malignant |
An indication or sign of a condition. | Manifestation |
The environmental condition or setting. | Milieu |
Of or relating to muscle and skeleton. | Musculoskeletal |
Vague (uncertain, unclear). | Nebulous |
Of or relating to the nervous system. | Neurologic |
Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels. | Neurovascular |
Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment. | Nutrient |
Ignorant. | Obtuse |
Closed or obstructed. | Occluded |
The impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious. (portentous). | Ominous |
Continuous. | Ongoing |
Given through or affecting the mouth. | Oral |
Of the ear. | Otic |
Dungeon, prison, or cell. | Oubliette |
OBVIOUS OR VISIBLE. | Overt |
Aching. (Sore, throbbing. | Painful |
Worthless. | Paltry |
Cure, solution, or remedy. | Panacea |
A characteristic or constant FACTOR, limit. Structure. | Parameter |
Sudden, recurrence spasms or seizures. | Paroxysmal |
Open. | Patent |
Causing or able to cause a disease. | Pathogenic |
Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality. | Pathology |
Infested with lice. | Pediculosis |
Located behind; in the back. | Posterior |
Producing a strong effect. | Potent |
Capable of occurring or likely to occur. | Potential |
Preventive measure. | Precaution |
Rapid, uncontrolled. | Precipitous |
Make susceptible or more likely to occur. Liable/inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition. | Predispose |
Already present. | Preexisting |
First or most significant. | Primary |
Of great importance. | Priority |
Offspring. | Progeny |
The anticipated or expected course or outcome. | Prognosis |
A rapid increase in number. | Proliferation |
4 times a day. | Q.I.D |
Strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of a disease or to exclude, detain, or isolate. | Quarantine |
Wild, loud, or disorderly | Raucous |