Vocabulary Flashcards
To voluntarily refrain from something
Abstain
To be responsible
Accountable
Sudden, Intense
Acute
To hold fast or stick together
Adhere
Undesired possibly harmful
Adverse
Control, Protection
Aegis
Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
Ambivalent
To place, put on, or spread something
Apply
To give consent, to agree
Assent
Able to be heard
Audible
Single-celled, microscopic organisms
Bacteria
Present on two sides
Bilateral
Of or relating to the heart
Cardiac
An opening or an empty area
Cavity
Come to an end or bring to an end
Cease
Order of events as they occurred timeline
Chronology
Offsetting or making up for something
Compensatory
Rounded Inward
Concave
Brief, to the point
Concise
Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows.
Consistency
To draw together or become smaller
Constrict
Dependent
Contingent
A reason something is not advisable or should not be done
Contradiction
Having or causing convolutions ie, violent shaking of the body.
Convulsive
Quick, perfunctory,not thorough
Cursory
Expel feces
Defecate
A deficiency or lack of something
Deficit
Downward measurement from a surface
Depth
Worsening
Deteriorating
Tool or piece of equipment
Device
Identification of an injury or disease
Diagnosis
To enlarge or expand
Dilate
Distinct, Separate
Discrete
Distant away from the center (such as of the body)
Distal
Enlarged or expanded from pressure
Distended
Impaired or abnormal functioning
Dysfunction
Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another
Empathy
Balance
Equilibrium
The origin or cause of a disease or condition
Etiology
To make worse or more severe
Exacerbate
Lengthening; unbending a joint
Extension
To increase in size or amount
Expand
To come in contact
Exposure
Located outside the body
External
Resulting in death
Fatal
Extreme tiredness exhaustion
Fatigue
Bending a joint
Flexion
Reddened or ruddy appearance
Flushed
Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines
Gastrointestinal
Of or relating to blood
Hematologic
Maintenance of body fluid balance
Hydration
Measures contributing to cleanliness
Hygiene
Diminished or lacking some unusual quality or level
Impaired
Occurring in the near future, about to happen
Impending
An indication of a problem
Symptom
To take in addition to or to complete
Supplement
Of or relating to the kidneys
Renal
Transfer, such as of a disease, from one person to another
Transmission
Injury, wound
Trauma
Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patient’s condition and likelihood of benefit from the treatment
Triage
Being or seeming to be everywhere at once
Ubiquitous
Microscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only living cells, usually causing infectious disease
Virus
Vital
Essential
Amount of space occupied by a fluid
Volume
Spoken, using words
Verbal
Extremely harmful and severe
Virulent
Excrete or expel urine
Urinate
Of or relating to blood vessels
Vascular
Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder
Syndrome
Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder
Therapeutic
Causing harm, poisonous
Toxic
Crossing through the skin
Transdermal
To stop or subdue
Suppress
Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position
Symmetric (symmetrical)
To hold or keep
Retain
Calm, Tranquil
Serene
Condition
Status
Sublingual
Under the tongue
Inhalation and exhalation of air
Respiration
To limit
Restrict
To hold or keep
Retain
First or most significant
Primary
Of great importance
Priority
The anticipated or expected course or outcome
Prognosis
The underlying reason
Rationale
To occur again
Recur
Capable of occurring or likely to occur
Potential
Preventive measure
Precaution
Rapid, uncontrolled
Precipitous
To make more susceptible or more likely to occur
Predispose
Already present
Preexisting
Processes,causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality
Pathology
Located behind; in the back
Posterior
Producing a strong effect
Potent
A characteristic or constant factor, limit
Parameter
Patent
Open
Causing or able to cause disease
Pathogenic
Continuous
Ongoing
Given through or affecting the mouth
Oral
Of the ear
Optic
Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment
Nutrient
Closed or obstructed
Occluded
Of or relating to muscle and skeleton
Musculoskeletal
Of or relating to the nervous system
Neurologic
Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels
Neurovascular
Cut; tear
Laceration
Present but not active or visible
Latent
Difficult to arouse
Lethargic
An indication or sign of a condition
Manifestation
Located within the body
Internal
Inserting or entering into a body part
Invasive
Of or related to movement
Kinetic
Charging rapidly and often
Labile
To begin or put into practice
Initiate
So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time
Insidious
In place, unharmed
Intact
Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through
Impervious
To suggest without explicitly stating
Imply
Occurrence
Incidence
Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms
Infection
To conclude or deduce
Infer
The sender of a message
Implies
The receiver of the message
Infers
Reddened, swollen, warm and often tender
Inflamed
To swallow for digestion
Ingest
