HESI A2 words (KCY)

Abstain

To voluntarily refrain from something

Abrupt

Sudden and possibly unexpected

Accolade

Tribute or honor.

Accountable

To be responsible.

Acute

Sudden, intense.

Adhere

To hold fast or stick together.

Adverse

Undesired, possibly harmful.

Aegis

Control, protection.

Aggregate

A sum total of many things.

Aggrieved

Hurt or angry.

Ambivalent

Uncertain, having contradictory feelings.

Anachronism

A thing of the past.

Antidote

Cure or remedy.

Antigen

stimulates the production of antibodies

Alleviate

Reduce, lessen

Apply

To place, put on, or spread something.

Assent

To give consent, to agree.

Audible

Able to be heard.

Ambulate

to walk

Bacteria

Single-celled, microscopic organisms.

Barrage

Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack).

Bearing

Manner, direction, or influence.

Benign

Not harmful.

Bilateral

Present on two sides.

Callous

Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.

Cardiac

Of or relating to the heart.

Cataract

Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision.

Cavity

An opening or an empty area.

Cease

Come to an end or bring to an end.

Chronology

Order of events as they occurred; timeline.

Compensatory

Offsetting or making up for something. Best described as corrective.

complement

something that completes or makes up a whole

Concave

Rounded inward. (RBC)

Concise

Brief, to the point.

Consistency

Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows. (Texture).

Constitute

To establish, create, or organize.

Constrict

To draw together or become smaller. "Blood vessels constrict when you are in a cold environment"

Contingent

Dependent/reliant.

Contraindication

A reason something is not advisable or should not be done.

Convoluted

To be complex.

Convulsive

Having or causing convulsions (violent shaking of the body)

Covert

Hidden or concealed. "Her bruises were covert under her clothes"

Cursory

Quick, perfunctory, not thorough

Diffuse

spread over a large area; generalized

Defecate

Expel feces.

defenestrate

to throw someone out of a window

Deficit

A deficiency or lack of something.

Delusional

Confused or mistaken.

Depress

Press downward.

Depth

Downward measurement from a surface.

Desiccated

Dried or withered.

Deteriorating

Worsening.

Device

Tool or piece of equipment.

Diagnosis

Identification of an injury or disease.

Dilate

To enlarge or expand.

Dilute

To make a liquid less concentrated.

Discrete

Distinct, separate.

Distal

Distant; away from the center (body).

Distended

Enlarged or expanded from pressure.

Docile

Easily handled, tame i.e. not dangerous or frightened by people.

Dysfunction

Impaired or abnormal functioning.

Earthly

Worldly or possible.

Empathy

Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of another.

Endogenous

Developing internally of body.

Eradicate

To destroy completely.

Equilibrium

Balance.

Ethereal

Being extremely delicate or refined, ghostly, or eerie.

Etiology

The origin or cause of a disease or condition.

Euphemism

An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive.

Euphoric

Confident

Exacerbate

To make worse or more severe.

Exogenous

Developing externally of body.

Expand

To increase in size or amount.

Expectorate

To cough up discharge from the lungs through the mouth. (spit).

Exposure

To come in contact.

Extension

Lengthening; unbending a joint.

External

Located outside the body.

Fatal

Resulting in death.

Fatigue

Extreme tiredness, exhaustion.

Febrile

related to or caused by a fever

Flaccid

Soft and hanging loosely or limply,

Flexion

Bending a joint.

Flushed

Reddened or ruddy appearance.

Forgo

Omit (to leave out or exclude). (FORGO-> NOGO).

Gastrointestinal

Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines.

Halitosis

Bad breath.

Hedge

Evade, circumvent, or dodge. (ESCAPE OR AVOID).

Heedless

To be thoughtless, unmindful, or careless.

Hematologic

Of or relating to blood.

Hydration

Maintenance of body fluid balance.

Hygiene

Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health.

Impaired

Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level.

Impending

Occurring in the near future, about to happen.

Impervious

Impenetrable, not allowing anything to pass through.

Implement

To put into action or to cause it to happen.

Imply

To suggest without explicitly stating.

Incidence

Occurrence.

Infection

Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms.

Infer

To conclude or deduce- arrive at a fact. (The receiver of the message infers)

Inflamed

Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender.