Vocabulary Flashcards
Abstain
To voluntarily refrain
Adhere
To hold fast to stick together
Aegis
Control, protection
Ambivalent
Uncertain, having contradictory feelings
Assent
To give consent; to agree
Convulsive
Violent shaking of the body
Depth
Downward measurement of a surface
Distinct, separate
Discrete
Enlarged or expanded from pressure
distended
Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another
Empathy
Origin or cause of a disease or condition
etiology
To come in contact
Exposure
Bending a joint
flexion
Occurring in the near future, about to happen
impending
impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through
impervious
To conclude or deduce
infer (the receiver of the message).
to suggest without saying
imply (the sender of the message)
So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time.
insidious
Changing rapidly and often
Labile
Present but not active or visible
Latent
Difficult to arouse
Lethargic
Of or relating to the nervous system
neurologic
Of the ear
otic or aural
Open
Patent
Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality
Pathology
Preventative measure
precaution
Rapid, uncontrolled
Precipitous
To make more susceptible or more likely to occur
Predispose
The underlying reason
Rationale
To hold or keep
retain
Condition
Status
To stop or subdue
Suppress
Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder
syndrome
Crossing through the skin
transdermal
Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patients according to the severity of a patient’s condition and the likelihood of benefit from the treatment.
Triage
Extremely harmful or severe
virulent
Curing or treating a disease
Remedial (think remedy) or therapeutic
To make more severe or intense
Augment
To end
Extinguish
Sudden fit, attack, increase in symptoms
Paroxysmal
Used to describe deification
Eliminate
To clarify or explain
Elucidate
Clear, obvious, out in the open
Overt
What is the best definition of the word comprehensive?
A. complete
b. incomplete
c. concise
d. exclusive
A. complete
Remedial or remediation
Therapeutic
Comply
Follow willingly
Attenuated:
weakened/ reduced vitality
Innate immunity:
intrinsic
Which definition best fits the word symptom?
A. The evidence of a disease or disorder
B. A disease or disorder that presents itself physically
C. An ailment that causes pain or discomfort
A.
The key here is putting symptom before the definition.
For example: A symptom is the evidence of a disease or disorder.
B. A symptom is a disease or disorder that present itself physically.
-This would not work because a symptom is not a disease or a disorder, neither is it an ailment that causes pain or discomfort.
What is the best definition of the word “laceration”?
A. Decimation
B. Severe wound
C. Incision
D. Binding an injury
B. Severe wound
Typically appears torn or ragged. Occurs due to blunt trauma
Incisions represent a straight cut and takes less time to heal.
Bifurcate meaning:
split into two
Typify:
Symbolize. or show an example of; clarify
Obscure:
Make less clear
sinuous:
supple; winding; twisting
ominous:
impending danger
transient:
temporary
illusory
imaginary or fake
emaciated
wasted/lack of nourishment.
abate
reduce; lessen; decrease
extirpate
remove
feckless
incompetent; ineffective
abnegation
rejection
renunciation
withdraw or abandon
Sagacity
Decision making
abdicate
Go back on
