HESI Vocab

Abstract

Get away from/ stop

accountable

To be responsible

Acute

Sudden

adhere

Stick together

Adverse

Undesired

Ambivalent

Uncertain

Ambulate

To walk

apply

To put on, or spread

Assent

To agree

audible

Able to hear

bacteria

Single celled microscopic organisms

Bilateral

2 sides

cardiac

relating to the heart

Cavity

an opening or empty area

cease

end

Chronic

Lasting/reoccurring over a long period of time

chronological

Order of events in which they happened:timeline

Compensatory

Making up for something

Concave

Rounded inward

concise

Brief / to the point

congenital

present at birth

consistency

how thick/thin a fluid is ( viscosity)

constrict

Become smaller

contingent

Dependent

contraindication

a reason for something to not be done

convulsive

violent shaking of body (ex:seizures)

cursory

quick, not thorough

defecate

to poop

deficit

lack of something

depress

lower / press down

depth

downward measurement of a surface

deteriorating

worsening

Diagnosis

Identifying an injury/disease

Diffuse

Spread over a large area

Dilute

make a liquid less concentrated

Discrete

distinct, separate

distal

away from center of body, distant

Distended

enlarged/expanded from pressure

Dysfunction

impaired/abnormal functioning

Empathy

to understand someone’s feelings

equilibrium

Balance

Etiology

the cause of a disease

Exacerbate

to make worse

Exposure

to come in contact

extension

Unbending of joint

Fatal

Deadly

Fatigue

Extreme tiredness

Febrile

Relating to/caused by fever

Flexión

bending of a joint

Flushed

reddened/blush

gastrointestinal

relating to the stomach and intestines

hematologic

relating to blood

Hydration

maintenance of body fluid

Hygiene

cleanliness and good health

Impaired

lacking quality or level

Impending

About to happen

Impervious

impenetrable

imply

to suggest without stating

Incidence

occurrence

Infection

contamination of pathogenic organisms

Infer

to conclude

Inflamed

resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened

Ingest

to swallow

Initiate

to begin

insidious

disease that comes slowly and patient doesn’t know about it

Intact

in place

Intubate

to insert a tube into something

Invasive

inserting or entering a body part

kinetic theory

related to movement

Labile

Changing often

laceration

Cut, tear

Latent

present but not active or visible

Lateral

on the side

Lethargic

difficult to arouse

manifestation

sign of condition

musculoskeletal

relating to muscles and skeleton

Neurologic

Relating to nervous system

Neurovascular

relating to nervous system & blood vessels

Nutrient

ingredient that provides nourishment

Occluded

closed/obstructed

Ongoing

continuous

Oral

given thru mouth

Otic

of the ear

Parameter

characteristic, limit

Patent

Open

pathogenic

to cause a disease

Pathology

processes, effects of a disease

Posterior

in the back

Potent

producing a strong effect

potential

capable of occurring

Precaution

preventive measure

Precipitous

rapid, uncontrolled

Predispose

more likely to occur

Preexisting

already present

primary

First

Priority

great importance

Prognosis

outcome

rationale

underlying reason

recur

to happen again

Renal

relating to kidneys