HESI A2 Words Already Graded A+

HESI A2 Words Already Graded A+ Abstain To voluntarily refrain from something. (EX: The dental hygienist instructed the patient to abstain from smoking to improve his breath odor.) Abrupt Accolade Sudden and possibly unexpected Tribute or honor. Accountable To be responsible. (EX: Paramedics are accountable for maintaining up-to-date knowledge or resuscitation techniques.) Acute Sudden, intense. (EX: The nurse administered the prescribed pain medication to the patient who was experiencing acute pain after surgery.) Adhere To hold fast or stick together. (EX: The tape must adhere to the patient's skin to hold the bandage in place.) Adverse Aegis Aggregate Aggrieved Ambivalent Undesired, possibly harmful. (EX: Vomiting is an adverse effect of many medications.) Control, protection. (EX: Unit staffing decisions are under the aegis of the nurse manager.) A sum total of many things. Hurt or angry. Uncertain, having contradictory feelings. (EX: After learning that she had breast cancer, the patient was ambivalent about having a mastectomy.) Anachronism Antidote A thing of the past. "My disease is anachronism" Cure or remedy. "I need an antidote for this headache" Alleviate Reduce. "This medicine is alleviating my pain" Apply Assent Audible To place, put on, or spread something. To give consent, to agree. Able to be heard. (EX: The respiratory therapist noted the patient's audible wheezing as a symptom of the patient's asthma. Bacteria Barrage Single-celled, microscopic organisms. Bombardment, onslaught. (continuous attack). "This staph disease is so barrage, I keep getting butt pimples." Bearing Benign Bilateral Callous Cardiac Cataract Manner, direction, or influence. Not harmful. Present on two sides. Heartless, cruel, or pitiless. Of or relating to the heart. Medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision. Cavity Cease An opening or an empty area. Come to an end or bring to an end. Chronology Order of events as they occurred; timeline. Compensatory Offsetting (amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a contrary one) or making up for something. Best described as corrective. Concave Concise Consistency Constitute Constrict Rounded inward. (RBC) Brief, to the point. Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to how it flows. (Texture). To establish, create, or organize. To draw together or become smaller. "Blood vessels constrict when you are in a cold environment" Contingent Dependent/reliant. Contraindication Convoluted A reason something is not advisable or should not be done. To be complex. "Her symptoms were very convoluted: back pain, headache, and severe nose bleed." Convulsive Covert Having or causing convulsions (violent shaking of the body [epilepsy]) Hidden or concealed. "Her bruises were covert under her clothes" Cursory Defecate Quick, perfunctory, not thorough. "run a cursory examination on the adult." Expel feces. Deficit A deficiency or lack of something. Delusional Depress Depth Confused or mistaken. Press downward. Downward measurement from a surface. Desiccated Deteriorating Device Dried or withered. "Her feces were desiccated" Worsening. Tool or piece of equipment. Diagnosis Dilate Dilute Discrete Distal Identification of an injury or disease. To enlarge or expand. To make a liquid less concentrated. Distinct, separate. "Her bruises were so discrete, scattered all around her body"