HESI DENTAL HYGIENE COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● acute
Answer: sudden, intense
●● adhere
Answer: To hold fast or stick together
●● adverse
Answer: Undesired, possibly harmful
●● aegis
Answer: control, protection
●● ambivalent
Answer: uncertain, having contradictory feelings
●● assent
Answer: To give consent; to agree
,●● audiable
Answer: able to be heard
●● bilateral
Answer: present on two sides
●● cardiac
Answer: of or relating to the heart
●● 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 or making up for something
, ●● concave
Answer: Rounded inward
●● concise
Answer: brief and to the point
●● Consistency
Answer: degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to
how it flows
●● constrict
Answer: To draw together or become smaller
●● contingent
Answer: dependent
●● contradiction
Answer: a reason something is not advisable or should not be done
●● convulsive
Answer: having or causing convulsions, i.e., violent shaking of the body
EXAM STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● acute
Answer: sudden, intense
●● adhere
Answer: To hold fast or stick together
●● adverse
Answer: Undesired, possibly harmful
●● aegis
Answer: control, protection
●● ambivalent
Answer: uncertain, having contradictory feelings
●● assent
Answer: To give consent; to agree
,●● audiable
Answer: able to be heard
●● bilateral
Answer: present on two sides
●● cardiac
Answer: of or relating to the heart
●● 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 or making up for something
, ●● concave
Answer: Rounded inward
●● concise
Answer: brief and to the point
●● Consistency
Answer: degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to
how it flows
●● constrict
Answer: To draw together or become smaller
●● contingent
Answer: dependent
●● contradiction
Answer: a reason something is not advisable or should not be done
●● convulsive
Answer: having or causing convulsions, i.e., violent shaking of the body