HESI A2 Chamberlain School of Nursing

adverse - Not helpful; harmful aegis - control, protection ambivalent - Having mixed feelings compensatory - offsetting or making up for something contingent - dependent Contraindications - reasons a specific treatment should not be done cursory - quick, perfunctory, not thorough Etiology - cause of disease exacerbate - to make worse or more severe Hematologic - Of or relating to blood impervious - impenetrable, incapable of being affected insidious - gradual as to not become apparent for a long time labile - Changing rapidly and often latent - hidden, present but not realized manifestation - an indication or sign of a condition Occluded - closed or obstructed Otic - ear Parameter - A characteristic or constant factor, limit patent - to open precipitous - rapid, uncontrolled predispose - to make more susceptible or more likely to occur serene - calm, peaceful transdermal - Crossing through the skin Transmission - Transfer, such as of a disease, from one person to another ubiquitous - present or existing everywhere