HESI A2 Exam Review – Vocabulary 131 Questions with Verified Answers
Abrupt - CORRECT ANSWER Sudden.
Abstain - CORRECT ANSWER To voluntarily
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Access - CORRECT ANSWER A means to obtain entryy or a means of approach.
Accountable - CORRECT ANSWER Responsible.
Adhere - CORRECT ANSWER To hold fast or stick together.
Adverse - CORRECT ANSWER Undesired, possibly harmful.
Affect - CORRECT ANSWER Appearance of observable emotions.
Annual - CORRECT ANSWER Occurring every year.
Apply - CORRECT ANSWER To place, put on, or spread something.
Audible - CORRECT ANSWER Able to be heard.
Bilateral - CORRECT ANSWER Present on two sides.
Cardiac - CORRECT ANSWER Of or relating to the heart.
Cast - CORRECT ANSWER Hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals.
Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER An opening or an empty area.
Cease - CORRECT ANSWER Come to an end or bring to an end.
Compensatory - CORRECT ANSWER Offsetting or making up for something.
Complication - CORRECT ANSWER An undesired problem that is the result of some other event.
Comply - CORRECT ANSWER Do as directed.
Concave - CORRECT ANSWER Rounded inward.
Concise - CORRECT ANSWER Brief, to the point.
Consistency - CORRECT ANSWER Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is.
Constrict - CORRECT ANSWER To draw together or become smaller.
Contingent - CORRECT ANSWER Dependent.
Contour - CORRECT ANSWER Shape or outline of a shape.
Contract - CORRECT ANSWER To draw together, to reduce in size.
Contraindication - CORRECT ANSWER A reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done.
Defecate - CORRECT ANSWER Expel feces.
Deficit - CORRECT ANSWER A deficiency or lack of something.
Depress - CORRECT ANSWER Press downward.
Depth - CORRECT ANSWER Downward measurement from a surface.
Deteriorating - CORRECT ANSWER Worsening.
Device - CORRECT ANSWER Tool or piece of equipment.
Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER Identification of an injury or disease.
Diameter - CORRECT ANSWER The distance across the center of an object.
Dilate - CORRECT ANSWER To enlarge or expand.
Dilute - CORRECT ANSWER To make a liquid less concentrated.
Discrete - CORRECT ANSWER Distinct, separate.
Distended - CORRECT ANSWER Enlarged or expanded from pressure.
Dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER Impaired or abnormal functioning.
Elevate - CORRECT ANSWER To lift up or place in a higher position.
Endogenous - CORRECT ANSWER Produced within the body.
Exacerbate - CORRECT ANSWER To make worse or more severe.
Excess - CORRECT ANSWER More than what is needed or usual.
Exogenous - CORRECT ANSWER Produced outside the body.
Expand - CORRECT ANSWER To increase in size or amount.
Exposure - CORRECT ANSWER Contact.
External - CORRECT ANSWER Located outside the body.
Fatal - CORRECT ANSWER Resulting in death.
Fatigue - CORRECT ANSWER Extreme tiredness, exhaustion.
Flaccid - CORRECT ANSWER Limp, lacking tone.
Flushed - CORRECT ANSWER Reddened or ruddy appearance.
Gaping - CORRECT ANSWER Wide open.
Gastrointestinal - CORRECT ANSWER Of or relating to the stomach and the intestines.
Gender - CORRECT ANSWER Sex of an individual, as in male or female.
Hematologic - CORRECT ANSWER Of or relating to blood.
Hydration - CORRECT ANSWER Maintenance of body fluid balance.
Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWER Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health.
Impaired - CORRECT ANSWER Diminished or lacking some usual quality or level.
Impending - CORRECT ANSWER Likely to occur soon.
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER Occurrence.
Infection - CORRECT ANSWER Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms.
Inflamed - CORRECT ANSWER Reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender.
Ingest - CORRECT ANSWER To swallow for digestion.
Initiate - CORRECT ANSWER To begin or put into practice.
Insidious - CORRECT ANSWER So gradual as to not become apparent for a long time.
Intact - CORRECT ANSWER In place, unharmed.
Internal - CORRECT ANSWER Located within the body.
Invasive - CORRECT ANSWER Inserting or entering into a body part.
Labile - CORRECT ANSWER Changing rapidly and often.
Laceration - CORRECT ANSWER Cut; tear.
Latent - CORRECT ANSWER Present but not active or visible.
Lethargic - CORRECT ANSWER Difficult to arouse.
Manifestation - CORRECT ANSWER An indication or sign of a condition.
Musculoskelatal - CORRECT ANSWER Of or relating to muscle and skeleton.
Neurologic - CORRECT ANSWER Of or relating to the nervous system.
Neurovascular - CORRECT ANSWER Or or relating to the nervous system and blood vessels.
Nutrient - CORRECT ANSWER Substance or ingredient that provides nourishment.
Occluded - CORRECT ANSWER Closed or obstructed.
Ominous - CORRECT ANSWER Significantly important and dangerous.
Ongoing - CORRECT ANSWER Continuous
Oral - CORRECT ANSWER Given through or affecting the mouth.
Overt - CORRECT ANSWER Obvious, easily observed.
Parameter - CORRECT ANSWER A characteristic or constant factor, limit.
Paroxysmal - CORRECT ANSWER Beginning suddenly or abruptly; convulsive.
Patent - CORRECT ANSWER Open.
Pathogenic - CORRECT ANSWER Causing or able to cause disease.
Pathology - CORRECT ANSWER Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality.
Posterior - CORRECT ANSWER Located behind; in the back.
Potent - CORRECT ANSWER Producing a strong effect.
Potential - CORRECT ANSWER Capable of occurring or likely to occur.
Precaution - CORRECT ANSWER Preventive measure.
Precipitous - CORRECT ANSWER Rapid, uncontrolled.
Predispose - CORRECT ANSWER To make more susceptible or more likely to occur.
Preexisting - CORRECT ANSWER Already present.
Primary - CORRECT ANSWER First or most significant.
Priority - CORRECT ANSWER Of great importance.
Prognosis - CORRECT ANSWER The anticipated or expected course or outcome.
Rationale - CORRECT ANSWER The underlying reason.
Recur - CORRECT ANSWER To occur again.
Renal - CORRECT ANSWER Of or relating to the kidneys.
Respiration - CORRECT ANSWER Inhalation and exhalation of air.
Restrict - CORRECT ANSWER To limit.
Retain - CORRECT ANSWER To hold or keep.
Site - CORRECT ANSWER Location.
Status - CORRECT ANSWER Condition.
Strict - CORRECT ANSWER Stringent, exact, complete.
Sublingual - CORRECT ANSWER Under the tongue.
Supplement - CORRECT ANSWER To take in addition to or to complete.
Suppress - CORRECT ANSWER To stop or subdue.
Symmetric - CORRECT ANSWER Being equal or the same in size, shape, and relative position.
Symptom - CORRECT ANSWER An indication of a problem.
Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER Group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflect a specific disease or disorder.
Therapeutic - CORRECT ANSWER Of or relating to the treatment of a disease of disorder.
Transdermal - CORRECT ANSWER Crossing through the skin.
Transmission - CORRECT ANSWER Transfer, such as of a disease, from one person to another.
Trauma - CORRECT ANSWER Injury, wound.
Triage - CORRECT ANSWER 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 - CORRECT ANSWER Adverse or negative.
Urinate - CORRECT ANSWER Excrete or expel urine.
Vascular - CORRECT ANSWER Of or relating to blood vessels.
Verbal - CORRECT ANSWER Spoken, using words.
Virus - CORRECT ANSWER Microscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only in living cells, usually causing infectious disease.
Vital - CORRECT ANSWER Essential, highly important.
Void - CORRECT ANSWER Excrete, or expel urine.
Volume - CORRECT ANSWER Amount of space occupied by a fluid.
main idea - CORRECT ANSWER what the passage is about, the point the author is making. Intro, middle, conclusion
synonym - CORRECT ANSWER a word that has the same meaning as another word
antonym - CORRECT ANSWER a word that means the opposite of another word
Restatement - CORRECT ANSWER Expressing the same idea in different words to clarify and stress key points
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWER an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
assumption - CORRECT ANSWER set of beliefs that the writer has about the subject [Show Less]