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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Abstain

A

To voluntarily refrain

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Adhere

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To hold fast to stick together

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3
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Aegis

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Control, protection

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain, having contradictory feelings

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5
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Assent

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To give consent; to agree

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6
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Convulsive

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Violent shaking of the body

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7
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Depth

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Downward measurement of a surface

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8
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Distinct, separate

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Discrete

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9
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Enlarged or expanded from pressure

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distended

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10
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Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another

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Empathy

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11
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Origin or cause of a disease or condition

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etiology

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12
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To come in contact

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Exposure

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13
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Bending a joint

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flexion

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14
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Occurring in the near future, about to happen

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impending

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15
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impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through

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impervious

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16
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To conclude or deduce

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infer (the receiver of the message).

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17
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to suggest without saying

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imply (the sender of the message)

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18
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So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time.

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insidious

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19
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Changing rapidly and often

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Labile

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20
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Present but not active or visible

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Latent

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21
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Difficult to arouse

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Lethargic

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22
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Of or relating to the nervous system

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neurologic

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23
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Of the ear

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otic or aural

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24
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Open

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Patent

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25
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Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality

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Pathology

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26
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Preventative measure

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precaution

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27
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Rapid, uncontrolled

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Precipitous

28
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To make more susceptible or more likely to occur

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Predispose

29
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The underlying reason

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Rationale

30
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To hold or keep

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retain

31
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Condition

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Status

32
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To stop or subdue

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Suppress

33
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Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder

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syndrome

34
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Crossing through the skin

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transdermal

35
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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.

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Triage

36
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Extremely harmful or severe

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virulent

37
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Curing or treating a disease

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Remedial (think remedy) or therapeutic

38
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To make more severe or intense

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Augment

39
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To end

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Extinguish

40
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Sudden fit, attack, increase in symptoms

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Paroxysmal

41
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Used to describe deification

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Eliminate

42
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To clarify or explain

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Elucidate

43
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Clear, obvious, out in the open

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Overt

44
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What is the best definition of the word comprehensive?
A. complete
b. incomplete
c. concise
d. exclusive

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A. complete

45
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Remedial or remediation

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Therapeutic

46
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Comply

A

Follow willingly

47
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Attenuated:

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weakened/ reduced vitality

48
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Innate immunity:

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intrinsic

49
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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

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.

50
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What is the best definition of the word “laceration”?
A. Decimation
B. Severe wound
C. Incision
D. Binding an injury

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B. Severe wound
Typically appears torn or ragged. Occurs due to blunt trauma

Incisions represent a straight cut and takes less time to heal.

51
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Bifurcate meaning:

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split into two

52
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Typify:

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Symbolize. or show an example of; clarify

53
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Obscure:

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Make less clear

54
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sinuous:

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supple; winding; twisting

55
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ominous:

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impending danger

56
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transient:

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temporary

57
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illusory

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imaginary or fake

58
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emaciated

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wasted/lack of nourishment.

59
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abate

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reduce; lessen; decrease

60
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extirpate

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remove

61
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feckless

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incompetent; ineffective

62
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abnegation

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rejection

63
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renunciation

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withdraw or abandon

64
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Sagacity

A

Decision making

65
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abdicate

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HESI A2 (8 decks)

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