HESI Vocab. (F-H)

fatal - hypothetical

feasible

Capable of being done or carried out

febrile

Pertaining to or marked by fever

flaccid

Soft or weak rather than firm

flexion

The act of flexing or bending

fluctuate

To change, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another

fortuitous

Happening or produced by chance

gamut

The entire range or extent of something

gaping

Wide open; extremely wide

gradual

Slowly; by degrees

gregariousness

Fond of the company of others; sociable

hematologic

The study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs

hematologist

A doctor that specializes in the science of blood and blood-forming organs

hematology

A medical science that deals with the blood and blood-forming organs

hemorrhage

A large flow of blood from a damaged blood vessel

hone

To make more acute, intense, or effective

hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

hypothetical

imagined or suggested but not necessarily real or true