Hesi A2 Vocabulary - Nurse Shai

Aegis

Control, protection

Aggregate

A sum total of many things

Aid

A resource (bandaid)

Aide

An assistant or helper

Assiduous

Very careful and hardworking

Boisterous

Rough, rowdy, and unruly

Brazen

Bold or unrestrained by normal standards

Capacious

Large in size or capacity

Chronology

Order of events as they occurred; timeline

Circuit

Movement once around a course

Circuitous

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

Collateral

Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default

Concave

Rounded inward; curve

Consistency

Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is

Constrict

To draw together or become smaller

Contour

Shape or an outline of a shape

Contract

To draw together, to reduce in size

Contraindication

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

Convulsion

A violent disturbance

Diameter

The distance across the center of an object

Digression

A deviation or detour from the central topic or focus

Discrete

Distinct, separate

Disdain

Lack of respect

Distended

Enlarged or expanded from pressure

Docile

Easily handled or managed (tame)

Ephemeral

Only lasting for a short period of time

Etiology

The cause or origin of disease

Exogenous

Produced outside the body

Expectorate

To cough up phlegm from the lungs and out of the mouth (spit)

Flushed

Reddened or ruddy appearance

Fortuitous

Occurring by happy chance

Gender

Sex identification, such as in male or female

Hematologic

Of or relating to blood

Hyperbole

Exaggerating; making something more than it is

Impaired

Diminished or lacking something, usual quality or level

Impervious

Unable to be affected by

Invasive

Inserting or entering a body part

Labile

Changing rapidly and often

Laceration

A cut, or tear

Languid

Tired and slow

Latent

Present, but hidden

Manifestation

An indication or sign of a condition

Metabolism

The sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism

Milieu

The environmental condition or setting

Neurologic

Of or relating to the nervous system

Neurovascular

Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels

Novice

A beginner; inexperience

Occluded

Closed or obstructed

Ominous

Significantly important and dangerous

Otic

Relating to the ear

Overt

Done or shown openly, plainly, or readily apparent, not secret or hidden

Parameter

A characteristic or constant factor, limit

Paroxysmal

Beginning suddenly or abruptly

Patent

Open

Pathogenic

Related to causing a disease

Potent

Producing a strong effect

Pragmatic

Concerned with practical matters and results

Precipitous

Over hasty, rapid, and uncontrolled

Precocious

Showing advance development

Predispose

To make more susceptible or more likely to occur

Prognosis

The anticipated or expected course or outcome

Proliferation

A rapid increase in number

Prudent

Careful and sensible; using good judgment

Rampant

Unrestrained

Rationale

The underlying reason

Regimen

A systematic plan for therapy

Remission

Improvement or absence of signs of disease

Renal

Of or relating to the kidneys

Sagacity

Sound knowledge, judgment, and foresight

Site

Location

Sputum

Mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth

Status

Condition

Strict

Stringent, exact, or closed

Sublingual

Under the tongue

Supplement

To take in addition to or to complete

Supposition

A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Symptom

A physical indication of a problem

Syndrome

Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflects a specific disease or disorder

Tenacious

Determined without change or doubt from the plan

Therapeutic

Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder

Terse

To the point, concise

Transdermal

Crossing through the skin

Transient

Lasting for only a short period of time or duration

Trauma

Injury, or wound

Triage

Process of evaluating the urgency of medical need and prioritizing treatment

Trite

Dull, common

Ubiquitous

Everywhere at once

Untoward

Adverse, negative, or unseemly

Vacular

Of or relating to blood vessels

Venerable

Worthy of respect because of wisdom or age

Venerate

To regard with much respect

Virus

Microscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease

Viscosity

A liquid's resistance to flow

Volume

Amount of space occupied by a fluid

Void

Excrete, or to expel urine

Wary

To be cautious or suspicious

QID

4 times a day

QD

Once a day

BID

2 times a day

TID

3 times a day