OPTIMISTIC
POSITIVE OUTLOOK
PESSIMISTIC
NEGATIVE OUTLOOK
ABRUPT
SUDDEN
ABSTAIN
TO VOLUNTARILY REFRAIN FROM SOMETHING
ADHERE
TO HOLD FAST OR STICK TOGETHER
ADVERSE
UNDESIRED, POSSIBLY HARMFUL
COMPENSATORY
OFFSETTING OR MAKING UP FOR SOMETHING
CONCAVE
ROUNDED INWARD
CONCISE
BRIEF, TO THE POINT
CONSISTENCY
DEGREE OF VISCOSITY; HOW THICK OR THIN A FLUID IS
CONTINGENT
DEPENDENT
CONTRACT
TO DRAW TOGETHER, TO REDUCE IN SIZE
CONTRAINDICATION
A REASON WHY SOMETHING IS NOT ADVISABLE OR WHY IS SHOULD NOT BE DONE.
DEFECATE
EXPEL FECES
DEPRESS
PRESS DOWN
DEPTH
DOWNWARD MEASUREMENT FROM A SURFACE
DISCRETE
DISTINCT, SEPARATE
DISTENDED
ENLARGED OR EXPANDED FROM PRESSURE
ENDOGENOUS
PRODUCED WITHIN THE BODY
EXACERBATE
TO MAKE WORSE OR MORE SEVERE
EXOGENOUS
PRODUCED OUTSIDE THE BODY
FLACCID
LIMP, LACKING TONE
HYDRATION
MAINTENANCE OF BODY FLUID BALANCE
IMPENDING
LIKELY TO OCCUR SOON
INSIDIOUS
SO GRADUAL AS TO NOT BECOME APPARENT FOR A LONG TIME.
INVASIVE
INSERTING OR ENTERING INTO A BODY PART
LABILE
CHANGING RAPIDLY AND OFTEN
LATENT
PRESENT, BUT NOT ACTIVE OR VISIBLE
LETHARGIC
DIFFICULT TO AROUSE
MANIFESTATION
AN INDICATION OR SIGN OF A CONDITION
OCCLUDED
CLOSED OR OBSTRUCTED
OMINOUS
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT AND DANGEROUS
OVERT
OBVIOUS, EASILY OBSERVED
PARAMETER
A CHARACTERISTIC OR CONSTANT FACTOR
PAROXYSMAL
BEGINNING SUDDENLY OR ABRUPTLY
PATENT
PRODUCING A STRONG EFFECT
PRECIPITOUS
RAPID, UNCONTROLLED
PREDISPOSE
TO MAKE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE OR MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR
PROGNOSIS
THE ANTICIPATED OR EXPECTED COURSE OR OUTCOME
RATIONALE
THE UNDERLYING REASON
SUPPRESS
TO STOP OR SUBDUE
SYMMETRIC (SYMMETRICAL)
BEING EQUAL OR THE SAME IN SIZE, SHAPE, AND RELATIVE POSITION.
UNTOWARD
ADVERSE OR NEGATIVE
VOLUME
AMOUNT OF SPACE OCCUPIED BY A FLUID