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100 Cards in this Set
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Abrupt:
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: sudden.
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Abstain:
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: to voluntary refrain from something.
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Access:
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: a means to obtain entry or a means of approach.
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Accountable:
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: responsible.
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Adhere:
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: to hold fast, or stick together,
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Adverse:
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: undesired, possibly harmful.
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Affect:
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: appearance of observable emotions.
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Annual:
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: occuring every year.
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Apply:
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: to place, put on, or spread something.
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Audible:
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: able to be heard.
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Bilateral:
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: present on two sides.
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Cast:
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: hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals.
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Cease:
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: come to an end, or bring to an end.
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Compensatory:
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: offsetting or making up for something.
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Complication:
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: an undesired problen that is the result of some other event.
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Comply:
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: do as directed.
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Concave:
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: rounded inward.
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Concise:
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: brief, to the point.
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Consistency:
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: degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is.
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Constrict:
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: to draw together or become smaller.
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Contingent:
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: dependent.
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Contour:
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: shape or outline of a shape.
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Contract:
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: to draw together, to reduce in size.
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Contraindication:
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: a reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done.
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Defecate:
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: expel feces.
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Deficit:
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: a deficiency or lack of something.
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Depress:
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: press downward.
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Depth:
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: downward measurement from a surface.
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Deteriorating:
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: worsening.
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Device:
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: tool or piece of equiptment.
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Diameter:
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: the distance across the center of an object.
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Dilate:
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: to enlarge or expand.
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Dilute:
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: to make a liquid less concentrated.
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Discrete:
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: distinct, separate.
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Distended:
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: enlarged or expanded from pressure.
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Elevate:
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: to lift up or place in a higher position.
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Endogenous:
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: produced within the body.
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Exacerbate:
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: to make worse or move severe.
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Excess:
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: more than what is needed or usual.
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Exogenous:
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: produced outside the body.
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Expand:
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: to increase in size or amount.
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Exposure:
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: contact.
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External:
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: located outside the body.
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Fatal:
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: resulting in death.
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Fatigue:
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: extreme tiredness, exhaustion.
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Flaccid:
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: limp, lacking tone.
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Flushed:
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: reddened or ruddy appearance.
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Gaping:
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: wide open.
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Gender:
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: sex of an individual, as in male or female.
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Hydration:
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: maintenance of body fluid balance.
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Hygiene:
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: measures contributing to cleanliness and good health.
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Impaired:
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: diminished or lacking some usual quality or level.
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Impending:
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: likely to occur soon.
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Incidence:
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: occurrence.
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Inflamed:
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: reddened, swollen, warm, and often tender.
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Ingest:
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: to swallow for digestion.
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Initiate:
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: to begin or put into practice.
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Insidious:
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: so gradual as to not become apparent for a long time.
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Intact:
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: in place, unharmed.
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Internal:
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: located within the body.
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Invasive:
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: inserting or entering into a body part.
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Labile:
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: changing rapidly and often.
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Latent:
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: present, but not active or visible.
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Lethargic:
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: difficult to arouse.
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Manifestation:
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: an indication or sign of a condition.
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Nutrient:
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: substance or ingredent that provides nourishment.
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Occluded:
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: closed or obstructed.
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Ominous:
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: signifcantly important and dangerous.
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Ongoing:
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: continous.
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Oral:
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: given through or affecting the mouth.
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Overt:
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: obvious, easily observed.
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Parameter:
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: a charecteristic or constant factor.
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Paroxysmal:
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: begining suddenly or abruptly.
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Patent:
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: open.
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Potent:
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: producing a strong effect.
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Potential:
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: capable of occuring or likely to occur.
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Precaution:
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: preventive measure.
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Precipitous:
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: rapid, uncontrolled.
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Predispose:
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: to make more susceptible or more likely to occur.
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Pre-existing:
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: already present.
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Primary:
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: first or most significant.
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Priority:
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: of great importance.
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Prognosis:
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: the anticipated or expected course or outcome.
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Rationale:
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: the underlying reason.
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Recur:
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: to occur again.
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Restrict:
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: to limit.
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Retain:
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: to hold, or keep.
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Site:
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: location.
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Status:
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: condition.
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Strict:
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: stringent, exact, complete.
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Supplement:
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: to take in addition to or to complete.
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Suppress:
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: to stop or subdue.
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Symmetric
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: being equal or the same size, shape, and relative position.
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Symptom:
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: an indication of a problem.
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Untoward:
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: adverse or negative.
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Urinate:
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: excrete or expel urine.
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Verbal:
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: spoken, using words.
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Vital:
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: essential.
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Void:
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: excrete, or expel urine.
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Volume:
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: amount of space occupied by a fluid.
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