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