HESI Flashcards by Jason Pacol

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Aegis

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Control or Protect

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Adhere

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Hold fast or stick together

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Aggregate

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A sum of many things

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Aide

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Helper

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Ambivalent

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Mixed feelings or contradictory ideas

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Assiduous

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Careful or hardworking

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Benevolent

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Showing Sympathy, understanding, and generosity

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Boisterous

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Rough, rowdy

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Brazen

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Bold or unrestrained by normal standards

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Capacious

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Large in size or capacity

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Circuit

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Movement once around a course

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Circuitous

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Of a route or journey, longer than the most direct way

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Collateral

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Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan

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Concave

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Rounded inward

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Constrict

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Draw together or become smaller

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Contingent

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Subject to change

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Contour

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Shape or outline of a shape

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Contract

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Draw together or reduce in size

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Convulsion

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Violent disturbance

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Defecate

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Expel feces

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Congenital

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Present at birth

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Convulsive

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Shaking of body

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Dilate

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Enlarge or expand

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Etiology

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Origin of disease or condition

Exacerbate

Worsen or make more severe

Ferbile

Relating to a fever

Flushed

Reddened in appearance

Gastrointestinal

Relating to stomach

Hematologic

Relating to blood

Impervious

Impenetrable

Insidious

Gradual as to not become apparent

Intubate

Insert a tube

Labile

Changing often

Laceration

Cut or tear

Lethargic

Difficult to arouse

Nutrient

Substance that provides nurishment

Occluded

Closed or obstructed

Parameter

Characteristic or constant factor

Patent

Open

Pathogenic

Causing or able to cause disease

Potent

Producing strong effect

Precipitous

Rapid Uncontrolled

Predispose

Make more likely to occur or more susceptible

Prognosis

Anticipated or expected course of outcome

Renal

Relating to kidneys

Subcutaneous

Under skin

Sublingual

Under tounge

Theraputic

Relating to treatment

Transdermal

Crossing through skin

Triage

Process used to determine priority of treatment for patient according to severity

Ubiquitous

Seeming to be everywhere at lnce

Virulent

Extremely and Severe

Milieu

Environmental condition

Overt

done or shown openly