Admission Assessment Exam Review: HESI A2 Entrance Exam: Vocabulary Flashcards

Sudden

To voluntarily refrain from something

A means to obtain entry or a means of approach

Responsible

To hold fast or stick together

Undesired, possibly harmful

Appearance of observable emotions

Occurring every year

To place, put on, or spread something

Able to hear

Present on both sides

Of or relating to the heart

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

An opening or an empty area

Come to an end or bring to an end

Offsetting or making up for something

An undesired problem that is the result of some other event

Do as directed

Rounded inward

Brief, to the point

Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is

To draw together or become smaller

Dependent

Shape or outline of a shape

To draw together, to reduce in size

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

Expel feces

Deficiency or lack of something

Press downward

Downward measurement from a surface

Worsening

Tool or piece of equipment

Identification of an injury or disease

The distance across the center of an object

To enlarge or expand

To make a liquid less concentrated

Distinct, seperate

Enlarge or expanded from pressure

Impaired or abnormal functioning

To lift up or place in a higher position

Produced within the body

To make worse or more severe

More than what is needed or usual

Produced outside the body

To increase in size or amount

Contact

Located outside the body

Resulting in death

Extreme tiredness, exhastion

Limp, lacking tone

Reddened or ruddy appearance

Wide open

Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines

Sex of an individual, as in male or femal

Of or relating to blood

Maintenance of body fluid balance

Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health

Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level

Likely to occur soon

Occurence

Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms

Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender

To swallow for digestion

To begin or put into practice

So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time

In place, unharmed

Located within the body

Inserting or entering into a body part

Changing rapidly and often

Cut; tear

Present but not active or visible

Difficult to arouse

An indication or sign of a condition; appearance

Of or relating to muscle and skeleton

Or or relating to the nervous system

Of of relating to the nervous system and blood vessels

Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment

Closed or obstructed

Significantly important and dangerous

Continuous

Given though or affecting the mouth

Obvious, easily observed

A characteristic or constant factor, limit

Beginning suddenly or abruptly

Open

Causing or able to cause disease

Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality

Located behind; in the back

Producing a strong effect

Capable of occurring of likely to occur

Preventive measure

Rapid, ncontrolled

To make more susceptible or more likely to occur

Already present

First or most significant

Of great importance

The anticipated or expected course or outcome

The underlying reason

To occur again

Of or relating to the kineys

Inhalation and exhalation of air

To limit

To hold or keep

Location

Condition

Stringent, exact, complete

Under the tongue

To take in addition to or to complete

To stop or subdue

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

An indication of a problem

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

Of or relating to the treatment of a disease or a disorder

Crossing through the skin

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

Injury, wound

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

Adverse or negative

Excrete or expel urine

Of or relating to blood vessels

Spoken, using words

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

Essential

Excrete or expel urine

Amount of space occupied by a fluid

Alleviating a problem without dealing with the underlying cause

Giving or intended as a remedy or cure

Existing, happening, or done at the same time

Of or relating to the cardiovascular system

Destroy utterly; obliterate

To make someone feel very happy, animated, or elated

Having been made greater in size or value

The official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant

Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect

A sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen

The reluctant acceptance of something without protest

Avoid or neglect

Putting on (an item of clothing)

Rigidly upright or straight

Knowledge, awareness, or notice