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HESI exam
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrupt | sudden or unexpected |
| malfunctioning | dysfunctional |
| febrile | pertaining to or marked by fever |
| languid | lacking energy or enthusiasm |
| regimen | a regulated course, as a diet, exercise or manner of living concise |
| lift up | elevate |
| potent | chemically or medicinally |
| delusion | a persistent false psychotic belief |
| possibility | potential |
| an act or practice of causing death painlessly, so as to end suffering | euthanasia |
| amenable | willing to accept, or be influenced by a suggestion |
| reduce pain | palliative |
| burgeoning | growing or developing quickly |
| accountable | subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something |
| exposure | the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering |
| laceration | a torn ragged wound |
| to plead with, especially in order to persuade | entreat |
| think about something seriously | ruminate |
| apathetic | showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern |
| boisterous | rough and noisy |
| hematologic | the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs |
| lateral | of or relating to the side: situated at, proceeding from or directed to a side |
| something that forms the base | fundamental |
| unable to read and write | illiterate |
| parasite | an animal or plant the lives on or in another animal or plant |
| cicatrix | new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar |
| diligent | someone who is careful and using a lot of effort |
| distal | situated away from the point of origin or attachment as of a limb or bone |
| pensive | someone engaged or reflecting in deep, or serious thought |
| metabolism | the chemical and physical processes continuously going on in living organisms and cells consisting of anabolism and catabolism |
| of or relating to the nervous system | neurovascular |
| rigidity | stiff or unyielding |
| proliferation | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| adulation | excessive admiration or praise |
| palatable | satisfactory or acceptable: pleasant to taste |
| to stick | adhere |
| increase | expanding |
| harmful | adverse |
| medicine concerned with the nervous system | nerological |
| irreproachable | without fault and therefore impossible to criticize |
| bending | flexion |
| referral | an act of sending someone to someone else |
| barren | land that is too poor to produce much or any vegetation |
| poisonous | toxic |
| endogenous | found or coming from within something, such as a system or a persons body or mind |
| vertigo | a sensation of whirling and loss of balance |
| to stop liquid especially blood from flowing out | staunch |
| occluded | to close, shut, or stop up |
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