Abrupt

Sudden

Abstain

To voluntarily refrain from something

Access

A means to obtain entry or a means of approach.

Accountable

Responsible

Adhere

To hold fast or stick together.

Adverse

Undesired, possibly harmful

Affect

Appearance of observable emotions

Annual

Occurring every year

Apply

To place, put on, or spread something

Audible

Able to be heard

Bilateral

Present on two sides

Cardiac

of of relating to the heart

Cast

Hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals

Cavity

An opening or an empty area

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Cease

Come to an end or bring to an end.

res.

Compensatroy

Offsetting or making up for something.

Complication

An undesired problem that is the result of some other event.

Comply

Do as directed.

Concave

Rounded inward.

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Concise

Brief, to the point.

Consistency

Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is.

Constrict

To draw together or become smaller.

Contingent

Dependent.

Contour

Shape or outline of a shape.

Contract

To draw together, to reduce in size.

Contraindication

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

Defecate

Expel feces.

Deficit

A deficiency or lack of something.

Depress

Press downward.

Depth

Downward measurement from a surface.

Deteriorating

Worsening

Diagnosis

Identification of an injury or disease.

Diameter.

The distance across the center of an object.

Dilate

To enlarge or expand

Dilute

To make a liquid less concentrated.

Discrete

Distinct, separate.

Distended

Enlarged or expanded from pressure.

Ex. When a blood vessel is distended, the laboratory technician can easily insert a needle to obtain a blood sample.

Dysfunction

Impaired or abnormal functioning.

Evalte

To lift up or place in a higher position.

Endogenous

Produced within the body

Exacerbate

To make worse or more severe.

Excess

More than what is needed or usual.

Exogenous

Produced outside the body

Expand

To increase in size or amount.

Exposure

Contact

External

Located outside the body.

Fatal

Resulting in death.

Fatigue

Extreme tiredness, exhaustion.

Flaccid

Limp, lacking tone.

Flushed

Reddened or Ruddy appearance.

Gaping

Wide open.

Gastrointestinal

Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines.

Gender

Sex of an individual, as in male or female.

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

Likely to occur soon.

Incidence

Occurence

Infection

Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms.

Inflamed

Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender.

Ingest

To swallow for digestion.

Initiate

To begin or put into practice.

Insidious

So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time.

Intact

In place, unharmed.

Internal

Located within the body.

Invasive

Inserting or entering into a body part.

Labile

Changing rapidly and often.

Laceration

Cut; tear

Latent

Present but not active or visible.

Ex. The latent infection produced symptoms only when the patient's condition was weakened from another illness.

Lethargic

Difficult to arouse.

Manifestation

An indication or sign of a condition.

Musculoskeletal

Of or relating to muscle and skeleton

Neurologic

of or relating to muscle and skeleton.

Neurologic

Of or relating to the nervous system

Neurovascular

Of or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels.

Nutrient

Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment

Occluded

Closed or obstructed.

Ominous

Significantly important and dangerous.

Ongoing

Continous

Oral

Given through or affecting the mouth

Overt

Obvious, easily observed.

Ex. The obvert symptoms of the disease included vomiting and diarrhea.

Parameter

A characteristic or constant factor, limit.

Paroxysmal

Beginning suddenly or abruptly; convulsive

Patent

Open

Pathogenic

Causing or able to cause disease.

Pathology

Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality.

Posterior

Located behind; in the back.

Potent

Producing a strong effect.

Potential

Capable of occurring or likely to occur.

Precaution

Preventive measure.

Precipitous

Rapid, uncontrolled.

Predispose

To make more susceptible or more likely to occur.

Preexisting

Already present

Primary

First or most significant.

Priority

Of great improtance

Prognosis

The anticipation or expected course or outcome

Rationale

The underlying reason.

Recur

To occur again

Renal

Of or relating to the kidneys

Respiration

Inhalation and exhalation of air.

Restrict

To limit

Retain

To hold or keep.

Site

Location

Status

Condition

Strict

Stringent, exact, complete.

Sublingual

Under the tongue.

Supplement

To take in addition to or to complete

Suppress

To stop or subdue.

Symmetric (symmetrical)

Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position

Symptom

An indication of a problem

Syndrome

Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder.

Therapeutic

Of or relating to the treatment

Transdermal

Crossing through the skin.

Transmission

Transfer, such as of a disease, from one person to another

Trauma

Injury, wound.

Triage

Process used to determine the priority of treatment for patients according to the severity of a patient's condition and likelihood of benefit from the treatment.

Untoward

Adverse or negative.

Urinate

Excrete or expel urine

Vascular

Of or relating to blood vessels.

Verbel

Spoken, using words

Virus

Microscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease.

Vital

Essential

Void

Excrete, or expel urine

Volume

Amount of space occupied by a fluid.