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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The hold fast or stick together
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Adhere
5
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Undesired, possibly harmful
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Adverse
6
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Control, protection
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Aegis
7
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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 smg is not advisable or shouldn’t be done
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Contradiction
24
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Having or causing convulsions
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Convulsive
25
Quick, perfunctory, not thorough
Cursory
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Expel feces
Defecate
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A deficiency or lack of smg
Deficit
28
Press downward
Depress
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Downward measurement from as surface
Depth
30
Worsening
Deteriorating
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Tool or piece of equipment
Device
32
Identification of an injury or disease
Diagnosis
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To enlarge or expand
Dilate
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To make liquid less concentrated
Dilute
35
Distinct, separate
Discrete
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Distant; away from the center
Distal
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Enlarged or expanded from pressure
Distended
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Impaired or abnormal functioning
Dysfunction
39
Ability to share what others are feeling
Empathy
40
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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To increase in size or amount
Expand
44
To come in contact
Exposure
45
Lengthening,unbending joint
Extension
46
Located outside of 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
51
Of or relating to the stomach and intestines
Gastrointestinal
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Of or relating to blood
Hematologic
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Maintenance of body fluid balance
Hydration
54
Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health
Hygiene
55
Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level
Impaired
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Occurring in the near future, about to happen
Impending
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Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through
Impervious
58
To suggest without explicitly stating
Imply
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Occurrence
Incidence
60
Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms
Infection
61
To conclude or deduce
Infer
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Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender
Inflamed
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To swallow for digestion
Ingest
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To begin it out into practice
Initiate
65
So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time
Insidious
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In place, unharmed
Intact
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Located within the body
Internal
68
Inserting or entering into a body part
Invasive
69
Of or related to movement
Kinetic
70
Changing rapidly and often
Labile
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Cut; tear
Laceration
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Present but not active or visible
Latent
73
On the side
Lateral
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Difficult to arouse
Lethargic
75
An indication or sign of a condition
Manifestation
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Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels
Neurovascular
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Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment
Nutrient
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Closed or obstructed
Occluded
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Continuous
Ongoing
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Of the ear
Otic
81
A characteristic or constant factor; limit
Parameter
82
Open
Patent
83
Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality
Pathology
84
Located behind; in the back
Posterior
85
Producing a strong effect
Potent
86
Capable of occurring or likely to occur
Potential
87
Preventative 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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First or more significant
Primary
92
Of great importance
Priority
93
The anticipated or expected course or outcome
Prognosis
94
The underlying reason
Rationale
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To occur again
Recur
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Of or relation to the kidneys
Renal
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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
100
Calm, tranquil
Serene
101
Condition
Status
102
Under the tongue
Sublingual
103
To take in addition to or to complete
Supplement
104
To stop or subdue
Suppress
105
Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position
Symmetric
106
An indication if a problem
Symptom
107
Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder
Syndrome
108
Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder
Therapeutic
109
Causing harm, poisonous
Toxic
110
Crossing through the skin
Transdermal
111
Transfer, such as disease, from one person to the other
Transmission
112
Injury, wound
Trauma
113
Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patents according to the severity of a patients condition and the likelihood of benefit from the treatment
Triage
114
Being or seeming to be everywhere at once
Ubiquitous
115
Of or relating to the blood vessels
Vascular
116
Spoken, using words
Verbal
117
Extremely harmful or severe
Virulent
118
Microscopic infectious agent capable of replication only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease
Virus
119
Essential
Vital
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Amount of space occupied by a fluid
Volume
