Vocabulary Flashcards
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Describes a sudden change that occurs w/out warning
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Abrupt
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The deliberate effort to refrain from an action, such as drinking alcohol or eating junk food
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Abstain
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The freedom to use something as one chooses; the permission or ability to enter or approach a specific entity pr area
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Access
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Responsible for actions or explanations
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Accountable
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The process of binding one thing to another using glue, tape, or another agent; refers to the action of maintaining loyalty or support
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Adhere
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In a contrary fashion; can cause harm; may also refer to something that is in opposition to ones interests
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Adverse
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A clear influence on ones emotions
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Affect
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The duration of a single year; an occurrence that takes place once each year
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Annual
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To put something to use; having a relevant or valid connection to something else
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Apply
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Capable of being heard
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Audible
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Having two sides; may refer to something that affects both side of the human body
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Bilateral
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Concerning the heart
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Cardiac
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The process by which something is given shape through the pouring of a liquid substance into a mold; may also refer to the throwing of an object
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Cast
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To bring about a gradual end; refers to something that dies out of becomes extinct
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Cease
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An equivalent; the action of making a payment that serves as a counterbalance for another action
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Compensatory
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A factor that presents a degree of difficulty; may also refer to a secondary disease or condition
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Complications
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To carry out the wishes of another person; to perform in the manner prescribed by law
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Comply
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A surface that is rounded inward like a bowl; surface that is arched or curved
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Concave
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Straightforward and to the point; absent of all excessive detail
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Concise
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The agreement of each of the parts that constitute a whole
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Consistency
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To make something narrow by squeezing or compressing
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Constrict
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Something that may happen; may also refer to something that is dependent upon or conditioned by something else
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Contingent
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The line that represents the shape of a curvy figure
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Contour
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The agreement between two parties that binds each to preform certain actions
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Contract
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The presence of a symptom or condition that will make a specific treatment unadvisable
Contraindication
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To have feces removed from the bowels
Defecate
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A lack in an amount or quality of something, such as money or rainfall
Deficit
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To press down; the lessening of activity or strength; an action in which something moves to a lower position
Depress
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A quality of being complete and thorough
Depth
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To make inferior in quality; to diminish in function or condition
Deteriorating
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Something that is devised or thought up; may be a piece of equipment designed for a specific task
Device
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Determining the dysfunction/disease
Diagnosis
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The length of a line that passes through the body of an object
Diameter
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To enlarge, extend, or widen; to become wide like the pupil of the eye
Dilate
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To make a substance thinner or less potent; diminish in flavor or intensity
Dilute
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A separate entity; unique and separate from other things
Discrete
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Something that has been enlarged by the force of internal pressure
Distended
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A hindered function a body system or organ
Dysfunction
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To lift or make something higher; to lift in rank or title
Elevate
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The growth from a deep tissue; refers to conditions that arise from factors that are internal to an organism
Endogenous
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To cause something to become more intense in nature; especially an increase in violence or severity
Exacerbate
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Surpassing usual limitations; unnecessary indulgence
Excess
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The growth from superficial or shallow tissue; refers to conditions caused by factors that are external to an organism
Exogenous
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To open or unfold; refers to an increase in number, size, or scope; may refer to the expression of an idea in greater deprh
Expand
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Being subject to a condition or influence; making a secret fact known publicly
Exposure
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Being outside the human body; existing outside the confines of a specific space or institution
External
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Something that may cause death; relating to fate or proceeding in a manner that follows a fixed sequence of events
Fatal
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The state of tiredness brought on by labor, exertion, or stress; the tendency of a specified material to break under stress
Fatigue
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A state of not being firm; lacking vigor, force, or youthful firmness
Flaccid
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Blushing or an area of the body that becomes reddened
Flushed
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Something that is wide open and exposed
Gaping
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Concerning the stomach and intestines
Gastrointestinal
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The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits that are associated with a specific sex
Gender
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Concerning blood
Hematologic
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The science of health-inducing practices; the condition or practice of activities that can maintain physical health
Hygiene
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A condition in which one cannot preform or function properly; often refers to a person who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Impaired
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Hanging overhead threateningly; bound to occur in the near future
Impending
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The arrival of something at a surface; something that occurs or affects something else
Incidence
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An area of body tissue that been invaded with pathogenic organisms
Infection
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To incite an intensely emotional state; also refers to something that has been set on fire
Inflamed
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To take into one's mouth for digestion
Ingest
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To cause something to begin or to set events in motion; as initiation, can also refer to the process through which a person is allowed entry into a club or organization
Initiate
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Something or someone who is enticing but dangerous; slow-developing dangerousness
Insidious
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Something that remains whole or untouched by destructive forces; having no relevant part removed or altered
Intact
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Things inside of the body or the mind; something that exists within the limits and confines of something else
Internal
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Tending to spread or infringe upon something; may also refer to something that will enter the human body
Invasive
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Unstable; constantly undergoing a chemical or physical change or breakdown
Labile
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Wound with irregular borders, knife like in appearance
Laceration
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Not presently active but with the potential to become active
Latent
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Sluggish, indifferent, or apathetic
Lethargic
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The act of becoming outwardly visible; can refer to the occult phenomenon pf a supernatural materialization
Manifestation
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Concerning the connections of the muscle and the skeleton
Musculoskeletal
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Concerning the nervous system
Neurologic
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Concerning the blood vessels and the nerves
Neurovascular
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Something that provides nourishment
Nutrient
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Closed or blocked off
Occluded
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Exhibiting an omen; refers to something evil or disastrous that appears likely to occur
Ominous
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In the process of occurring; continuously advancing or moving ahead
Ongoing
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Spoken by the mouth; of or relating to the mouth
Oral
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Something that is openly displayed or obvious
Overt
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A limit or boundary; in math, it is an arbitrary value that is used to describe a statistical population
Parameter
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Characterized by a sudden fit or attack of symptoms; may be a sudden emotion or uncontrollable action
Paroxysmal
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A clear and easily accessible passage
Patent
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Disease causing
Pathogenic
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The study of diseases
Pathology
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Related to the rear/back position
Posterior
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Able to copulate as a male; refers to something that is chemically or medically effective
Potent
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Having the possibility of becoming a reality
Potential
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The act of taking care in advance; refers to measures taken in advance in order to prevent harm
Precaution
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Very steep or difficult to climb or overcome
Precipitous
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To dispose in advance of or to make susceptible to
Predispose
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The state of existing before or previous to something else
Pre-existing
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First in order; a rank of importance
Primary
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The state of being before; coming first in order of date or position; a preferential rating
Priority
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The possibility of recovery after the diagnosis of an illness or disease
Prognosis
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An explanation regarding the principles, opinions, beliefs, or practices held by a specific party
Rationale
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Something that is revisited for consideration; a thought or idea that enters ones mind for a second time
Recur
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Concerning the kidneys
Renal
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The act of breathing in and out of air
Respiration
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To confine something or someone within specific limitations or boundaries
Restrict
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To keep in ones possession; to maintain an item or person in security
Retain
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The physical location of the structure; the physical space reserved for a building; the place or scene of an occurance
Site
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The position or rank held in relation to others; a person or objects condition with respect to circumstances
Status
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Inflexible; maintained in such a manner that cannot be changed or altered
Strict
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Beneath the tongue
Sublingual
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An item that completes something else
Supplement
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To retain by authority or force; to omit something from memory; to keep from public knowledge
Suppress
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Exhibiting symmetry; capable of being divided by a longitudinal plane into equal sections
Symmetric
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The evidence of a disease or illness; the presence of a symptom is indicative of something else
Symptom
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A group of symptoms that happen close together and suggest an illness or irregular condition
Syndrome
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Concerning the treatment of an illness or irregular condition
Therapeutic
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Passing through skin
Transdermal
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Passing something from one place to another
Transmission
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An injury done by an outside object
Trauma
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A system that helps to determine which patients need the most care by evaluating their condition and chances of responding positively to treatment
Triage
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Difficult to manage; marked by trouble or unpleasantness
Untoward
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To expel urine
Urinate
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Concerning the blood vessels
Vascular
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Relating to or consisting of words; involving words rather meaning or substance
Verbal
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A microscopic pathogen that replicates in living cells and can cause disease
Virus
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Necessary or essential to the existence of life
Vital
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Not occupied or empty; of no legal force or effect
Void
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Printed pages bound in a book form; space occupied by a three-dimensional form; degree of loudness
Volume
