Abstain - answer To voluntarily refrain from something. (EX: The dental hygienist
instructed the patient to abstain from smoking to improve his breath
... [Show More] odor.)
Abrupt - answer Sudden and possibly unexpected
Accolade - answer Tribute or honor.
Accountable - answer To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are accountable for
maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation techniques.)
Acute - answer Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered the prescribed pain
medication to the patient who was experiencing acute pain after surgery.)
Adhere - answer To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape must adhere to the
patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.)
Adverse - answer Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is an adverse effect of
many medications.)
Aegis - answer Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions are under the aegis of
the nurse manager.)
Aggregate - answer A sum total of many things.
Aggrieved - answer Hurt or angry.
Ambivalent - answer Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. (EX: After learning that
she had breast cancer, the patient was ambivalent about having a mastectomy.)
Anachronism - answer A thing of the past. "My disease is anachronism"
Antidote - answer Cure or remedy. "I need an antidote for this headache"
Alleviate - answer Reduce. "This medicine is alleviating my pain"
Apply - answer To place, put on, or spread something.
Assent - answer To give consent, to agree.
Audible - answer Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory therapist noted the patient's
audible wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma.
Bacteria - answer Single-celled, microscopic organisms.
Barrage - answer Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack). "This staph disease is
so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples."
Bearing - answer Manner, direction, or influence.
Benign - answer Not harmful.
Bilateral - answer Present on two sides.
Callous - answer Heartless, cruel, or pitiless.
Cardiac - answer Of or relating to the heart.
Cataract - answer Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively
opaque, resulting in blurred vision.
Cavity - answer An opening or an empty area.
Cease - answer Come to an end or bring to an end.
Chronology - answer Order of events as they occurred; timeline.
Compensatory - answer Offsetting (amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a
contrary one) or making up for something. Best described as corrective.
Concave - answer Rounded inward. (RBC)
Concise - answer Brief, to the point.
Consistency - answer Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it
flows. (Texture).
Constitute - answer To establish, create, or organize.
Constrict - answer To draw together or become smaller. "Blood vessels constrict when
you are in a cold environment"
Contingent - answer Dependent/reliant.
Contraindication - answer A reason something is not advisable or should not be done.
Convoluted - answer To be complex. "Her symptoms were very convoluted: back pain,
headache, and severe nose bleed."
Convulsive - answer Having or causing convulsions (violent shaking of the body
[epilepsy])
Covert - answer Hidden or concealed. "Her bruises were covert under her clothes"
Cursory - answer Quick, perfunctory, not thorough. "run a cursory examination on the
adult."
Defecate - answer Expel feces.
Deficit - answer A deficiency or lack of something.
Delusional - answer Confused or mistaken.
Depress - answer Press downward [Show Less]