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Abrupt

Sudden

Abstain

To voluntarily refrain from something

Access

A means to obtain entry or a means of approach

Accountable

Responsive

Acute

Sharp, Servere, and Intense

Adequate

Fully sufficient, enough

Adhere

To hold fast or stick together

Adverse

Undesired, possibly harmful

Aegis

Authority, Responsibility

Affect

Appearance of observable emotions

Annual

Every year

Anterior

Toward the front plane of the body

Anticipatory

Of, Showing, or Expressing Anticipation

Ambivalence

Unsure, indecisive

Apply

To place, put on, or spread something

Assured

To state with confidence

Audible

Able to be heard

Bilateral

Present on both sides

Cast

Hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals

Cease

Come to an end or bring to an end

Chronology

Organized by dates or times of events

Communicability

Easily spread

Compensatory

To offset or make up for something

Complication

An undesired problem that is the result of some other event.

Comply

Do as directed

Comprehensive

Through

Concave

Rounded inward

Concept

Idea, General notion

Consent

To permit or approve

Concise

Brief, to the point

Consistency

How thick or thin a fluid is

Constrict

Dependent

Contour

Shape or outline of a shape

Contract

To draw together, to reduce in size

Contraindication

A reason why something is not advisable or why it should be done

Defecate

Expel a bowel movement

Depress

Press downward

Depth

Downward measurement from a surface

Deteriorating

Worsening

Device

Tool or piece of equipment

Diameter

The distance across the center of an object

Dilate

to enlarge or expand

Dilute

To make a liquid less concentrated

Discrete

Distinct, Separate

Distal

Away from the center

Distended

Enlarge or expanded form pressure

Efface

To wipe out or do away with

Elevate

To lift up or place in a high position

Empathy

Understanding another's situation, feelings or motives

Endocytosis

Cellular ingestion

Endogenous

Produced within the body

Equilibrium

Equal balance

Exacerbate

To make worse or more severe

Excess

More than what is needed or usual

Exogenous

Produced outside the body

Expand

To increase in size or amount

Expedite

To speed up or hasten

Exposure

Come in contact with

Exploratory

Pertaining to exploration

External

Located outside the body

Fatal

Resulting in death

fatigue

Extremely tired , exhausted

Feasible

Can be done or accomplished

Flaccid

Limp or lacking tone

Flexion

The act of bending a limb

Flushed

Reddened or ruddy apperance

Gaping

Wide open

Gender

Sex of an individual, as in male or female

Hierarchy

Ranking one above another

Hydration

Maintenance of body fluid balance

Hygiene

Measure contributing to cleanliness and good health

Impaired

Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level

Impending

Likely to occur soon

Impervious

Not permitting penetration or passage

Imply

To express indirectly

Incidence

Occurrence

Infamy

Notorious, or of bad reputation

Inferior

Lower in place or position; closer to the bottom or base

Inflamed

Redden,swollen, warm, and often tender

Ingest

To swallow for digestion

Initiate

To begin or put into practice

Insidious

So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time

intact

In place, unharmed

Internal

Located within the body

Invasive

Inserting or entering into a body part

Jaundice

Yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes

Kinetic

Pertaining to motion

Labile

Changing rapidly and often, unstable

Latent

Present , but not active or visible

Lethargic

Difficult to arouse

Manifestation

An indication or sign of condition

Nutrient

Something that provides nourishment

Occluded

Closed or obstructed

Ominous

Threaten

Ongoing

Continuous

Oral

Given through or affecting the mouth

Ostracize

Banish, exclude

Overt

Obvious, easily observed

Parameter

A characteristic or constant factor

Paroxysmal

Beginning suddenly or abruptly