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Chapter 6 Practice Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Give the meaning of: insanity

A

the condition of being mentally unhealthy

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Give the meaning of: lucid

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illuminated, clear

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Give the meaning of: vacuous

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characterized by being empty

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Give the meaning of: absorption

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the act of sucking something up

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Give the meaning of: rigidity

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stiffness

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Give the meaning of: error

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the result of wandering, a mistake

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Give the meaning of: gravid

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pregnant, heavy with young

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Give the meaning of: ebullition

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the process or state of boiling

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Give the meaning of: consistency

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the quality of standing together or agreeing

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Give the meaning of: cavity

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a hollow space

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Name the term for: the quality of being sharp

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acuity

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Name the term for: characterized by anger

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furious

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Name the term for: the act of cutting something apart

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dissection

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Name the term for: the act of stepping or going forward

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progression

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Name the term for: a swelling

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tumor

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Name the term for: the quality of being heavy

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gravity

17
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Name the term for: a period of sleep

A

dormancy

18
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Name the term for: able to be or tending to be broken

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fragile

19
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Name the term for: the quality of being short in duration

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brevity

20
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Name the term for: the quality of being near something

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proximity, juxtaposition

21
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Fill in the blank: asborb- the quality of being absorbed

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absorbency

22
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Fill in the blank: transluc- the quality of letting light pass through

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translucency, translucence

23
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Fill in the blank: dement- the state of being out of one’s mind

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dementia

24
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Fill in the blank: fur- a state of anger

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fury, furor

25
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Fill in the blank: extens- the act of stretching out

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extension

26
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Fill in the blank: -ence the result of knowing, knowledge

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science

27
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Fill in the blank: -ion a bending or breaking back

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refraction

28
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Fill in the blank: -ancy the state of being empty

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vacancy

29
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Fill in the blank: -ary characterized by health

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sanitary

30
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Fill in the blank: -ility the condition of being susceptible to breaking

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fragility

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