HESI A2 Admission Assessment |GRADED A+|Complete
Questions With Solutions |Guaranteed Pass
Cast - ANSWER=Hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals.
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.
Complication - ANSWER=An undesired problem that is the result of some other event.
Comply - ANSWER=Do as directed.
Concave - ANSWER=Rounded inward.
Concise - ANSWER=Brief, to the point.
Consistency - ANSWER=Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is.
Constrict - ANSWER=To draw together or become smaller.
Contingent - ANSWER=Dependent.
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Contour - ANSWER=Shape or outline of a shape.
Contract - ANSWER=To draw together, to reduce in size.
Contraindication - 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.
Cursory - ANSWER=Quick, perfunctory, not thorough.
Defecate - ANSWER=Expel feces.
Deficit - ANSWER=A deficiency or lack of something.
Depress - ANSWER=Press downward.
Depth - ANSWER=Downward measurement from a surface.
Deteriorating - ANSWER=Worsening.
Device - ANSWER=Tool or piece of equipment.
Diagnosis - ANSWER=Identification of an injury or disease.
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Diameter - ANSWER=The distance across the center of an object.
Dilate - ANSWER=To enlarge or expand.
Dilute - ANSWER=To make a liquid less concentrated.
Discrete - ANSWER=Distinct, separate.
Distal - ANSWER=Distant; away from the center (such as of the body).
Distended - ANSWER=Enlarged or expanded from pressure.
Dysfunction - ANSWER=Impaired or abnormal functioning.
Elevate - ANSWER=To lift up or place in a higher position.
Empathy - ANSWER=Ability to share what others are feeling; understanding the feelings of
another.
Endogenous - ANSWER=Produced within the body.
Equilibrium - ANSWER=Balance.
Etiology - ANSWER=The origin or cause of a disease or condition.
Exacerbate - ANSWER=To make worse or more severe.
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Excess - ANSWER=More than what is needed or usual.
Exogenous - ANSWER=Produced outside the body.
Expand - ANSWER=To increase in size or amount.