HESI Flashcards by Jason Pacol

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Aegis

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Control or Protect

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Adhere

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Hold fast or stick together

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Aggregate

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A sum of many things

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Aide

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Helper

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Ambivalent

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Mixed feelings or contradictory ideas

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Assiduous

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Careful or hardworking

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Benevolent

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Showing Sympathy, understanding, and generosity

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Boisterous

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Rough, rowdy

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Brazen

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Bold or unrestrained by normal standards

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Capacious

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Large in size or capacity

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Circuit

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Movement once around a course

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Circuitous

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Of a route or journey, longer than the most direct way

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Collateral

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Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan

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Concave

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Rounded inward

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Constrict

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Draw together or become smaller

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Contingent

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Subject to change

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Contour

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Shape or outline of a shape

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Contract

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Draw together or reduce in size

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Convulsion

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Violent disturbance

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Defecate

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Expel feces

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Congenital

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Present at birth

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Convulsive

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Shaking of body

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Dilate

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Enlarge or expand

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Etiology

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Origin of disease or condition

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Exacerbate

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Worsen or make more severe

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Ferbile

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Relating to a fever

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Flushed

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Reddened in appearance

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Gastrointestinal

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Relating to stomach

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Hematologic

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Relating to blood

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Impervious

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Impenetrable

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Insidious

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Gradual as to not become apparent

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Intubate

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Insert a tube

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Labile

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Changing often

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Laceration

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Cut or tear

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Lethargic

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Difficult to arouse

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Nutrient

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Substance that provides nurishment

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Occluded

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Closed or obstructed

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Parameter

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Characteristic or constant factor

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Patent

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Open

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Pathogenic

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Causing or able to cause disease

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Potent

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Producing strong effect

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Precipitous

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Rapid Uncontrolled

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Predispose

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Make more likely to occur or more susceptible

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Prognosis

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Anticipated or expected course of outcome

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Renal

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Relating to kidneys

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Subcutaneous

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Under skin

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Sublingual

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Under tounge

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Theraputic

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Relating to treatment

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Transdermal

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Crossing through skin

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Triage

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Process used to determine priority of treatment for patient according to severity

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Ubiquitous

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Seeming to be everywhere at lnce

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Virulent

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Extremely and Severe

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Milieu

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Environmental condition

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Overt

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done or shown openly