HESI A2 Entrance Exam Question and Answer 2025/2026

HESI A2 Entrance Exam Question and Answer 2025/2026 virulence - Ans →the ability to produce disease efface - Ans →to wipe out, to rub out, do away with; (medical) the thinning of the cervix during labor ubiquitous - Ans →omnipresent, existing or being everywhere osmosis - Ans →process of fluid passing through semi-permeable membrane from higher to lower concentration labile - Ans →apt or likely to change, changing quickly -Because the children fever was very labile the nurse instructed the unlicensed assistive personnel to check the temp frequently. febrile - Ans →having or showing symptoms of a fever dynamic - Ans →energetic, lively insidious - Ans →dangerous, treacherous, so gradual as to not become apparent for a long time -The doctor explained that the cancer probably started years ago but had not been detected because it spread was so insidious. empathy - Ans →understanding another's pain, suffering alongside someone else anticipatory - Ans →showing anticipation, looking forward to ominous - Ans →threatening, menacing preferred - Ans →to set above or hold above another, to like better than another acute - Ans →sharp, intense, coming about quickly chronic - Ans →(medical) refers to a disease or condition that is long-lasting and reoccurring exploratory - Ans →(medical) refers to a surgery or procedure used to diagnose a disease or condition but not treat it recessive - Ans →(genetics) A trait or a gene that can be dominated by another (dominant) trait or gene assent - Ans →To agree (not the same as ascend, to go up or higher), to give consent toxic - Ans →poisonous subjective data - Ans →(medical) Symptoms. Information that is apparent only to the person affected; that person is the only one who can verify it. Examples are pain, fear, and itching. objective data - Ans →(medical) Signs. Information that can be detected or measured by an observer against a standard. Examples are blood pressure, body temperature, and observing a patient crying. effect - Ans →more often used as a noun, meaning result or outcome affect - Ans →Often seen as a verb, meaning to influence or to change. In medical terminology, it may be used as a noun meaning a person's emotional response or disposition. overt - Ans →in the open, clearly visible, not hidden anterior - Ans →toward the front contract - Ans →pronounced with the accent on the second syllable (and used as a verb), it means to draw up, to draw together -The physical therapist exercises the patients muscles so they contract and expand. rigidity - Ans →stiffness, the stat of not being flexible persecute - Ans →to harass or annoy constantly longevity - Ans →long life impervious - Ans →cannot be penetrated or affected distension - Ans →swollen and protruding out further than normal ambivalent - Ans →uncertain, having contradictory feelings, unable to make a decision between two conflicting choices patent - Ans →(medical) Pronounced with a long a ̅, refers to something tube-shaped that is open and unblocked (such as an artery) potent - Ans →powerful, producing a strong effect -the medicine was very potent and it immediately relieved the pateint pain adhere - Ans →to stick to, either literally or figuratively (to adhere to the wall); to adhere to a strict diet euthanasia - Ans →referred to as a "mercy killing," to choose to end the life of someone who is terminally ill prognosis - Ans →predicting the likely outcome of an illness antigen - Ans →a foreign substance that causes the immune system to make antibodies against it abstain - Ans →to voluntarily refrain from incidence - Ans →the rate at which something occurs, such as injuries or illnesses hydrophilic - Ans →attracted to water ("water loving") hydrophobic - Ans →not attracted to water or water-repelling ("fear of water") occluded - Ans →blocked, closed; the opposite of patent -Because the patient foot was cold and blue the nurse reported that the patient circulation to the foot was occluded. precipitous - Ans →(medical) a sudden and dramatic change for the worse vital - Ans →necessary for the maintenance of life; essential ingest - Ans →to take into the body by the mouth for digestion