Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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To voluntarily refrain from something
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Abstain
2
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To be responsible
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Accountable
3
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Sudden, Intense
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Acute
4
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To hold fast or stick together
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Adhere
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Undesired possibly harmful
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Adverse
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Control, Protection
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Aegis
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Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
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Ambivalent
8
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To place, put on, or spread something
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Apply
9
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To give consent, to agree
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Assent
10
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Able to be heard
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Audible
11
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Single-celled, microscopic organisms
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Bacteria
12
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Present on two sides
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Bilateral
13
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Of or relating to the heart
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Cardiac
14
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An opening or an empty area
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Cavity
15
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Come to an end or bring to an end
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Cease
16
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Order of events as they occurred timeline
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Chronology
17
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Offsetting or making up for something
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Compensatory
18
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Rounded Inward
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Concave
19
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Brief, to the point
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Concise
20
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Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows.
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Consistency
21
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To draw together or become smaller
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Constrict
22
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Dependent
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Contingent
23
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A reason something is not advisable or should not be done
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Contradiction
24
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Having or causing convolutions ie, violent shaking of the body.
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Convulsive
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Quick, perfunctory,not thorough
Cursory
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Expel feces
Defecate
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A deficiency or lack of something
Deficit
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Downward measurement from a surface
Depth
29
Worsening
Deteriorating
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Tool or piece of equipment
Device
31
Identification of an injury or disease
Diagnosis
32
To enlarge or expand
Dilate
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Distinct, Separate
Discrete
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Distant away from the center (such as of the body)
Distal
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Enlarged or expanded from pressure
Distended
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Impaired or abnormal functioning
Dysfunction
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Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another
Empathy
38
Balance
Equilibrium
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The origin or cause of a disease or condition
Etiology
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To make worse or more severe
Exacerbate
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Lengthening; unbending a joint
Extension
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To increase in size or amount
Expand
43
To come in contact
Exposure
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Located outside the body
External
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Resulting in death
Fatal
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Extreme tiredness exhaustion
Fatigue
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Bending a joint
Flexion
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Reddened or ruddy appearance
Flushed
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Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines
Gastrointestinal
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Of or relating to blood
Hematologic
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Maintenance of body fluid balance
Hydration
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Measures contributing to cleanliness
Hygiene
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Diminished or lacking some unusual quality or level
Impaired
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Occurring in the near future, about to happen
Impending
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An indication of a problem
Symptom
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To take in addition to or to complete
Supplement
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Of or relating to the kidneys
Renal
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Transfer, such as of a disease, from one person to another
Transmission
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Injury, wound
Trauma
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Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patient’s condition and likelihood of benefit from the treatment
Triage
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Being or seeming to be everywhere at once
Ubiquitous
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Microscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only living cells, usually causing infectious disease
Virus
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Vital
Essential
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Amount of space occupied by a fluid
Volume
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Spoken, using words
Verbal
66
Extremely harmful and severe
Virulent
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Excrete or expel urine
Urinate
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Of or relating to blood vessels
Vascular
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Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder
Syndrome
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Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder
Therapeutic
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Causing harm, poisonous
Toxic
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Crossing through the skin
Transdermal
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To stop or subdue
Suppress
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Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position
Symmetric (symmetrical)
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To hold or keep
Retain
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Calm, Tranquil
Serene
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Condition
Status
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Sublingual
Under the tongue
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Inhalation and exhalation of air
Respiration
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To limit
Restrict
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To hold or keep
Retain
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First or most significant
Primary
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Of great importance
Priority
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The anticipated or expected course or outcome
Prognosis
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The underlying reason
Rationale
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To occur again
Recur
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Capable of occurring or likely to occur
Potential
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Preventive measure
Precaution
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Rapid, uncontrolled
Precipitous
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To make more susceptible or more likely to occur
Predispose
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Already present
Preexisting
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Processes,causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality
Pathology
93
Located behind; in the back
Posterior
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Producing a strong effect
Potent
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A characteristic or constant factor, limit
Parameter
96
Patent
Open
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Causing or able to cause disease
Pathogenic
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Continuous
Ongoing
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Given through or affecting the mouth
Oral
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Of the ear
Optic
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Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment
Nutrient
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Closed or obstructed
Occluded
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Of or relating to muscle and skeleton
Musculoskeletal
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Of or relating to the nervous system
Neurologic
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Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels
Neurovascular
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Cut; tear
Laceration
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Present but not active or visible
Latent
108
Difficult to arouse
Lethargic
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An indication or sign of a condition
Manifestation
110
Located within the body
Internal
111
Inserting or entering into a body part
Invasive
112
Of or related to movement
Kinetic
113
Charging rapidly and often
Labile
114
To begin or put into practice
Initiate
115
So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time
Insidious
116
In place, unharmed
Intact
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Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through
Impervious
118
To suggest without explicitly stating
Imply
119
Occurrence
Incidence
120
Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms
Infection
121
To conclude or deduce
Infer
122
The sender of a message
Implies
123
The receiver of the message
Infers
124
Reddened, swollen, warm and often tender
Inflamed
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To swallow for digestion
Ingest
