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HESI: VOCAB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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