HESI A2 Entrance Exam questions with answers

HESI A2 Entrance Exam questions with
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answers

virulence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the ability to produce
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disease


efface - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔to wipe out, to rub out,
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do away with; (medical) the thinning of the cervix during
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labor


ubiquitous - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔omnipresent, existing
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or being everywhere
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osmosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔process of fluid passing
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through semi-permeable membrane from higher to lower
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concentration


labile - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔apt or likely to change,
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changing quickly |\




-Because the children fever was very labile the nurse
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instructed the unlicensed assistive personnel to check the
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temp frequently.
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,febrile - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔having or showing
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symptoms of a fever |\ |\ |\




dynamic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔energetic, lively
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insidious - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔dangerous,
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treacherous, so gradual as to not become apparent for a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



long time
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-The doctor explained that the cancer probably started
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years ago but had not been detected because it spread
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was so insidious.
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empathy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔understanding
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another's pain, suffering alongside someone else
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anticipatory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔showing |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



anticipation, looking forward to |\ |\ |\




ominous - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔threatening, menacing
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preferred - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔to set above or hold
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above another, to like better than another
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, acute - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sharp, intense, coming
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about quickly |\




chronic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(medical) refers to a
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disease or condition that is long-lasting and reoccurring
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exploratory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(medical) refers to a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



surgery or procedure used to diagnose a disease or
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condition but not treat it |\ |\ |\ |\




recessive - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(genetics) A trait or a
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gene that can be dominated by another (dominant) trait
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or gene
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assent - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To agree (not the same
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as ascend, to go up or higher), to give consent
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toxic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔poisonous
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subjective data - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(medical) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



Symptoms. Information that is apparent only to the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



person affected; that person is the only one who can
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verify it. Examples are pain, fear, and itching.
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