English

Exclamatory

Sentence that expresses strong emotion or feeling

Diffuse

Spread and scatter

Profusely

A lot

Chronic

Long lasting

Insipidus

Tasteless

Inadequate

Not enough

Superficial

Not deep, only on the surface

Vertebral column

Backbone of the body

Sternum

The bone in the middle of your chest that connects the ribs

Standard anatomical position

Palms face anterior with thumbs lateral

Ad hominem

Someone attacks the person instead of addressing their argument

Memoir

Personal experiences

Novice

Beginner

Susceptibility

Easily affected

Non Susceptibility

Not affected/drug doesn’t work

Resistance

Able to fight against

Ambitious

Determined to succeed

Imperative

Sentence giving a command, instruction or request

Interim

Temporary

Neutrality

Bias

Interrogative

Sentence, word or phrase that asks a question

Antonym

Opposite meaning of a word

Declarative

Sentence that makes a statement or tells something

Suffix

Letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or form

Plural

More than one

Singular

One

Prefix

Letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning

Root

Main part of a word

Basic steps for writing

Prewriting, writing, and revision

Formal writing

Professional and serious

Conjunction

Connecting word

Verb

Action or state word

Vague

Not clear

Reinforce

Make stronger

Anecdotes

Short stories

Clear scope

Knowing what is included and not

Limits misinterpretation

Who, when, and intervention

Excerpt

Short part taken from a longer piece of writing

Reconcile

Bring things into agreement

Compute

Calculate

Postpone

Delay

Irrigate

Flush or clean

Suppress

Stop or reduce

Interdependence

Two or more things depending on each other

Posterior

Back side

Anterior

Near the front

Subdivision

A section of something bigger

Medial

Towards midline of body

Lateral

Away from midline of body

Proximal

Structure closer to center of body

Distal

Further away from center of body

Cephalad

Towards head

Caudad

Towards tail

Anterior

Front

Posterior

Back

Superior

Above

Inferior

Below

Hyperventilation

Rapid breathing causes acidosis

Hypoventilation

Slow breathing causes alkalosis

Diastole

Ventricles relax

Systole

Ventricles contract

Systolic pressure

Max pressure exerted during systole

Systemic circuit

Carries blood from left ventricle to aorta. Veins are deoxygenated, arteries are oxygenated

Pulmonary circuit

Carries blood from heart to lungs and then back to heart. Veins are oxygenated, arteries are deoxygenated

Erythrocytes

Carry oxygen while using hemoglobin

Leukocytes

Fight off disease and illness

Platelets (Thrombocytes)

Involved in blood clotting

Proper noun

Capitalized names of people, place, thing

Collective noun

Names that may encompass multiple people, places or things as a whole (herd, team, group)

Compound noun

Noun that combines two or more words (mother-in-law)

Present perfect

Action started in past, continued into present. (I have studied for this exam three times today)

Past perfect

Second action happened in past, first action came before second. (Before I studied for class, I had bought an iced coffee)

Future perfect

The action is done before a future moment. (When she is ready to graduate as a nurse, she will have studied for over 1,000 hours

Homophones

Words pronounced the same way, but spelt differently (Bare, bear)

Affect

To influence (Her breakup affected her decision to attend nursing school)

Effect

To bring something about. (The medication had positive effects on the patient)