Vocabulary Flashcards
Offsetting
Compensatory
Terrestrial
Earthy
Labile
Likely to change
Belligerent
Pugnacious
Sardonic
Mocking, sneering
Allocate
Reverse for a specific reason
Elated
Super happy
Untoward
Improper or unfortunate
Variable
Something that changes
Homologous
Having the same relative position
Parameter
Guideline
Allocated
Reserved for a particular reason
Dystrophy
Weakening, degeneration l, or abnormal growth of muscle
Atrophy
Degeneration or wasting away
Entropy
Tendency toward chaos and disorder
Discrete
Seperate
Discrete symptoms are those that have no connection to one another
Discreet
Careful
Exposure
Laying open
Exacerbate
Aggravate
Phlebotomist
Person specialising in withdrawing blood
Exacerbate
Aggravate
Implicate
To demonstrate involvement or assign blame
Often, doctors will implicate seemingly unrelated behaviors on a patient’s condition.
Insensitive
Not responsive
Impending
About to happen
Impending doom
Geometric
Things that resemble the classic geometric shapes like squares, circles and triangles
Converted
Changes or altered
Repugnant (repug- nant)
Offensive, especially to the senses or the morals
Protrude
Stick out
Ingress
Entering or going in
Determine a disease’s path of ingress to the body
Incidence
Rate of occurence
Incidents
Random events
Proscribe
Forbid
Distended
Swollen
Supplement
Something added to resolve a deficiency or obtain completion
Acumen
Expertise
Congruent
Agreeing or in complete accord
Bicuspid
Anything that ends in two points
Labile
Likely to change ; unstable
Venereal
Describe conditions that relate to sexual intercourse (venereal disease, STD)
Entrails
Internal parts ; intestines
Androgynous
Both male and female
Androgynous characteristics
Terrestrial
Earthly
Terrestrial vs. aqueous
Alien
Things that are unfamiliar or from an outside source
A person with a mysterious ailment might try to identify some contact with alien substances
Foreign
People or things that are from some other area or country
Foreign objects are forbidden when medical procedures are being performed.
Apply
To put something to use
Having a relevant or valid connection to something else
Concise
Straightforward
Absent of all excessive detail
Contraindication
The presence of a symptom or condition that would make a specific treatment unadvisable
Diagnosis
Determining the dysfunction
Diameter
The length of a line that passes through the body of an object
Hematologic
Concerning blood
Incidence (other version)
The arrival of something at the surface; something that occurs or affects something else
Insidious
Something or someone who is enticing but dangerous; slow- developing dangerousness
Nutrient
Something that provides nourishment
Paroxysmal
Characterised by a sudden fit or attack of symptoms; may be a sudden emotion or uncontrollable action
Potent
Able to copulate as a male; refers to something that is chemically or medically effective
Prognosis
The possibility off recovering after the diagnosis of an illness or disease
Rationale
An explanation regarding the principles, opinions, beliefs, or practices held by a specific party
Recur
Revisited for a second time
Syndrome
A group of symptoms that happen close together and suggest an illness or irregular condition
Transdermal
Passing through the skin
Triage
A system that helps to determine which patients need the most care by evaluating their condition and chances of responding positively to treatment
Virus
A microscopic pathogen that replicates in living cells and can cause disease
Dipsomaniac
Someone that drinks a crazy amount of alcohol
Proscribe
Forbid
Belligerent
Ready to fight
Pugnacious
Pugnacious
Ready to fight
Belligerent
Sardonic
Mocking
Sneering
Offsetting
Compensatory
