HESI Vocab

Based off Nurse Shai's video.

Abrupt

Sudden

Abstain

To refrain from something

Access

To obtain entry or a means of approach

Accountable

Responsible

Adhere

To hold fast or stick together

Adulation

Excessive admiration or praise

Adverse

Undesired, harmful, negative

Aegis

Control/protection

Affect

Appearance of observable emotions

Aggregate

The total sum of many things

Aid

Resource (band-aid)

Aide

Helper; Assistant

Ambivalent

Having mixed, contradictory ideas on someone or something

Amenable

Willing to accept, or be influenced by a suggestion.

Annual

Happens once a year

Apathetic

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm or concern

Applicable

Relevant

Assiduous

Very hardworking

Audible

Loud enough to be heard

Barren

Land that is too poor to produce much

Benevolent

Showing sympathy, understanding, and generosity

Bilateral

Present on both sides

Boisterous

rough; rowdy; unruly

Brazen

Bold or unrestrained by normal standards

Burgeoning

Growing or developing quickly

Capacious

Large in size/capacity

Cardiac

Related to the heart

Cast

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

Cavity

Opening space or an empty area

Cease

Come to an end

Chronology

Order of events; timeline

Circuit

movement once around a course

Circuitous

Route or journey; longer than direct way

Collateral

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

Compensatory

offsetting; making up for something

Complication

Undesired problem that is the result of some other event

Comply

Do as directed

Concave

Rounded inward; curve

Concise

Brief; to the point

Consistency

Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is

Constrict

To draw together or become smaller (become narrower)

Contingent

A subject to chance, dependent

Contour

Shape or outline of a shape

Contract

To reduce in size

Contraindication

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

Convulsion

A violent disturbance

Cursory

Quick but not thorough (detailed)

Defecate

Expel feces

Deficit

Deficiency or lack of something

Depress

Press downward

Depth

Downward measurement from a surface

Deterioating

Worsening

Device

Tool or piece of equipment

Diagnosis

Identification of an injury or disease

Diameter

The distance across the center of an object

Digression

A deviation or detour from the central topic or focus

Dilate

To enlarge or expand

Dilute

To make a liquid less concentrated

Discrete

Distinct, seperate

Disdain

Lack of respect

Distal

Situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment

Distended

Enlarged or expanded from pressure (bloat)

Docile

Easily handled or managed (Tame)

Dysfunction

Impaired or abnormal functions

Elevate

To lift or place at higher position

Empathy

Understanding of another’s feelings

Endogenous

Produces inside of body

Ephemeral

Only lasting for short period of time

Equilibrium

The state of balance

Eradicate

To destroy completely

Etiology

The cause/origin of disease

Euphemism

The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend

Excess

More than what is needed or usual

Exogenous

Produced outside of body

Expand

To increase in size or amount

Expectorate

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

Exposure

The state of being exposed or open to an external environment

External

Located outside of body

Fatal

Resulting in death

Fatigue

Extreme tiredness and exhaustation

Flaccid

Limp, lacking tone

Flushed

Reddened or Rudy appearance

Fortuitous

Occurring by happy chance (lucky)

Gaping

Wide Open

Gastrointestinal

Of relating to the stomach and intestines

Gender

Sex identification

Hematologic

Relating to the blood

Hydration

The act of meeting body fluid demands

Hyperbole

Exaggerating; making something more than it is

Impaired

Diminished or lacking something, usually quality or level

Impending

Likely to occur soon

Impervious

Unable to be affected by

Implement

To put into action

Imply

To express indirectly

Internal

Located within the body

Invasive

Inserting or entering a body part

Kinetic

Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion

Labile

Changing rapidly and often

Laceration

A cut, or tear

Languid

Tired and slow