Vocab!! Flashcards
SWIFT; FAST MOVING; UNCONTROLLED
A PRECIPICE IS A STEEP CLIF
PRECIPICE
An opening or an empty area
Dental fillings are used to treat cavities
Cavity
Having mixed feelings
Some loved her some hated few were ambivalent about her
Ambivalent
A sum total of many things
The council was an aggregate of three regional assembly
Aggregate
Cure; A solution or remedy
The panacea for all corporate ills
Panacea
Scar or healed wound
He had a cicatrix from his injury in the war
Cicatrix
Control; protection
Negotiations were conducted under the aegis of the us
Aegis
The environment condition or setting
He grew up in a military milieu
Milieu
Beginning suddenly or abruptly
The mucus this is produced during the paroxysmal stage is thicker and more difficult to clear.
Paroxysmal
Showing advance development
She was a precocious child
Precocious
A rapid increase in number
At his appointment the doctor explained the proliferation of the tumor leads to it growing rapidly.
Proliferation
Unrestrained
The political party was rampant
Rampant
Reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done
Surgery may also be contraindicated for more general reasons of increased operative risk.
Contraindication
Press downward; to make someone feel dejected
The first day of school made her nervous and she was depressed.
Depress
Only lasting for a short period of time
Fashion trends are ephemeral.
Ephemeral
The cause or origin of disease
The etiology of asthmas is unknown
Etiology
To cough up phlegm from the lungs and out of the mouth (spit)
The patient began to expectorate small amount of blood
Expectorate
Exaggeration; making something more than it is
He ran faster than the speed of light is an example of an hyperbole.
Hyperbole
Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
The kinetic energy of the molecules
Kinetic
Changing rapidly and often
Patients whose blood pressure is labile
Labile
Of a route or journey , longer than the most direct way
The driver followed a circuitous way
Circuitous
Very careful and hardworking
She is an assiduous nurse
Assiduous
Showing sympathy, understand generosity
The saint jude foundation has a reputation of a very benevolent spirit
Benevolent
Muscles secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth.
The nurse needed to collect sputum
Sputum
Sound knowledge , judegment and foresight
He was a man of great medical sagacity.
Sagacity
Adverse, negative, or unseemly
They both acted as if nothing untoward had happened between them
Untoward
Everywhere at once; found everywhere
Wi-Fi connections are ubiquitous
Ubiquitous
Dull; uncommon
His words sounded trite to me
Trite
Lasting for only a short period of time or duration
In the ER there is a transient population of millions of patients each year
Transient
To the point; concise
Her presentation was terse
Terse
Determined without change or doubt
A tenacious plan
Tenacious
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; uncertain belief
There were working on a supposition that his death was a murder
Supposition
More than is needed, desired or necessary
The report contained a mass of superfluous details
Superfluous
Under the tongue
The medication was to be administrated sublingual
Sublingual
A liquids resistance to flow
Plasma viscosity can be used as an indirect measure of the amount of protein present in the blood
Viscosity
To regard with much respect
Ancient civilizations venerated the moon, stars, and the sun
Venerate
Worthy of respect because of wisdom or age
As an M.D. for 40 years she was considered venerable
Venerable
Serving to alleviate pain
The anodyne properties of certain drugs
Anodyne
Incapable of being corrected or amended
The plague was incorrigible in the time it took place
Incorrigible
Lacking material substance; marked by unusual delicacy or refinement
It was the smallest most ethereal and dainties bird.
Ethereal
Effectiveness ; the power to produce a desired result
I questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft
Efficacy
Characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
The pain of childbirth may often be acute
Acute
Obvious; easily seen; not secret or hidden
She was showing an overt symptom to the fly
Overt
To go over and mentally take in the content of ; take notes
She perused the manuscript checking for grammatical errors
Perused
Showing or expressing respect and high regard to a superior or elder
She listened with deferential attention to her grandfather
Deferential
Enlarged, expanded, or stretched out (from internal pressure)
The abdomen was mildly dissented with moderate tenderness
Distended
To endow with life or renewed life; animate
Rains that vilify the barren hills
Vivify
Favoring to start wars or quarrels
The children became bellicose after too much time in the moving car
Bellicose
Following or accruing after death
He made a posthumous donation to the clinic
Posthumous
A judgement involving condemnation; denounce it
Unorthodox practices awaiting the censure of the city council
Censure
To diffuse through or penetrate something
Quick action kept the disease from permeating the general population
Permeate
A break in skin/ mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue
A sore with disintegration of tissue might be called an ulcer.
Ulcer
Marked by feeling of great happiness and excitement
He knew he was going to win big, he was euphoric about it
Euphoric
Having the ventral surface of a body facing downward
The patient is laying prone next to the monitor
Prone
To reduce violence of a disease
Travel is like a palliative against depression for him
Palliative
Pregnant
She was very Gravid
Gravid
The hospital accepts a certain quota of indigent patients.
Indigent: in need
Indigent
