Vocab Flashcards
(125 cards)
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Abstain
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To voluntary refrain from something
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Accountable
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To be responsible
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Acute
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Sudden; intense
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Adhere
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To hold fast or stick together
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Adverse
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Undesired, possibly harmful
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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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Apply
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To place, put on, or spread something
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Assent
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To give consent; to agree
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Audible
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Able to hear
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Bacteria
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Single-celled, microscopic organism
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Bilateral
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Present on two sides
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Cardiac
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Relating to the heart
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Cavity
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An opening or an empty area
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Cease
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Come to an end or bring to and end
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Chronology
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Order of events as they occured; timeline
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Compensatory
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Offsetting or making up for something
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Concave
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Rounded inward
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Concise
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Brief; to the point
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Consistency
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Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows
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Constrict
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To draw together or become smaller
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Contingent
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Dependent
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Contraindication
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A reason something is not advisable or should not be done
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Convulsive
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Having or cause convulsions/ violent shaking of the body
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Cursory
Quick; perfunctory; not thorough
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Defecate
Expel fece
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Deficit
A deficiency or lack of something
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Depress
Press downward
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Depth
Downward measurement from a surface
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Deteriorating
Worsening
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Device
Tool or piece or equipment
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Diagnosis
Identification of an injury or disease
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Dilate
To enlarge or expand
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Dilute
To make liquid less concentrated
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Discrete
Distinct; separate
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Distal
Distant; away from the center
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Distended
Enlarged or expanded from pressure
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Dysfunction
Impaired or abnormal functioning
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Empathy
Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another
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Equilibrium
Balance
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Etiology
The origin or cause of the disease or condition
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Exacerbate
To make worse or more severe
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Expand
To increase in size or amount
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Exposure
To come in contact
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Extension
Lengthening; unbending a joint
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External
Located outside the body
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Fatal
Resulting in death
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Fatigue
Extreme tiredness; exhaustion
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Flexion
Bending point
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Flushed
Reddening or ruddy appearance
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Gastrointestinal
Of or relating to the stomach and intestines
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Hematologic
Of or relating to blood
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Hydration
Maintenance of body fluid balance
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Hygiene
Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health
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Impaired
Diminished it lacking some usual quality or level
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Impending
Occuring in the near future; about to happen
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Impervious
Impenetrable; not allowing anything to pass through
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Imply
To suggest without explicitly stating
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Incidence
Occurrence
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Infection
Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms
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Infer
To conclude or deduce
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Inflamed
Reddened, swollen, warm and often tender
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Ingest
To swallow for digestion
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Initiate
To begin or put into practice
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Insidious
So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time
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Intact
In place; unharmed
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Internal
Located within the body
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Invasive
Inserting or entering into a body part
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Kinetic
Of or relating to movement
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Labile
Changing rapidly and often
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Laceration
Cut; tear
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Latent
Present but not active or visible
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Lateral
On the side
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Lethargic
Difficult to arouse
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Manifestation
An indication or sign of a condition
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Musculoskeletal
Of or relating to muscle and skeleton
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Neurologic
Of or relating to the nervous system
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Neurovascular
Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels
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Nutrient
Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment
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Occluded
Closed or obstructed
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Ongoing
Continuous
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Oral
Given through or affecting the mouth
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Otic
Of the ear
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Parameter
A characteristic or constant factor; limit
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Patent
Open
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Pathogenic
Causing or able to cause disease
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Pathology
Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality
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Posterior
Located behind; in the back
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Potent
Producing a strong effect
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Potential
Capable of occuring or likely to occur
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Precaution
Preventing measure
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Precipitous
Rapid; uncontrolled
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Predispose
To make more susceptible or more likely to occur
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Preexisting
Already present
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Primary
First or more significant
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Priority
Of great importance
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Prognosis
The anticipated or expected course or outcome
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Rationale
The underlying reason
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Recur
The occur again
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Renal
Of or relating to the kidneys
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Respiration
Inhalation and exhalation of air
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Restrict
To limit
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Retain
To hold or keep
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Serene
Calm; tranquil
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Status
Condition
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Sublingual
Under the tongue
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Supplement
To take in addition to or complete
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Suppress
To stop or subdue
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Symmetric
Being equal or the same size, shape, and relative position
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Symptom
An indication of a problem
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Syndrome
Group of symptoms that when occuring together reflect a specific disease or disorder
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Therapeutic
Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or disorder
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Toxic
Causing harm; poisonous
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Transdermal
Crossing through the skin
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Transmission
Transfer from one person to another
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Trauma
Injury; wound
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Triage
Process used to determine the priority or treatment for patients according to the severity of a patient's condition and the likelihood of benefit from the treatment
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Ubiquitous
Being or seeming to be everywhere at once
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Urinate
Excrete or expel urine
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Vascular
Of or relating to blood vessels
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Verbal
Spoken using words
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Virulent
Extremely harmful and severe
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Virus
Microscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease
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Vital
Essential
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Volume
Amount of space occupied by a fluid
