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Hesi A2 Vocabulary

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Adverse Undesired, possibly harmful
Aegis control, protection example: Unit staffing decisions are under the aegis of the nursing manager
Ambivalent uncertain, having contradictory feelings
Assent to give consent, to agree
Compensatory offsetting or making up for something example: overcompensating
Constrict draw together or become smaller
Cursory quick, perfunctory, not thorough
Depress press downward
Dilate to enlarge or expand
Dilute to make a liquid less concentrated
Discrete distinct, seperate
Distal distant, away from the center (such as the body)
Etiology origin or cause of a disease or condition
Exacerbate to make worse or more severe
Extension unbending joint, extending
Flexion bending joint
Impending occurring in the near future, about to happen
Impervious impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through example: gloves when handling bodily fluids
Incidence occurrence
Insidious so gradual as to not become apparent for a long time
Labile changing rapidly and often
Latent present but not active
Lethargic difficult to arouse
Manifestation indication or sign of a condition
Occluded closed or obstructed
Patent open
Pathogentic causing or able to cause disease
Precipitous rapid, uncontrolled
Rationale underlying reason
Renal Kidneys
Symptom indication of a problem
Syndrome group of symptoms, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder
Transdermal crossing through the skin
Triage process used to determine the priority of treatment for patients according to the severity of a patients condition and the likelihood of benefit from treatment
Ubiquitious being or seeming to be everywhere at once
Virulent extremely harmful and severe
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