Vocabulary & General Knowledge

• Abrupt

  sudden
• Absorption

  movement of nutrients from the digestive tube into the bloodstream
• Abstain

  to voluntarily refrain from something
• Access

  a means to obtain or gain entry or a means of approach
• Accountable

  responsible
• Adhere

  to hold fast or stick together
• Adverse

  undesired, possibly harmful
• Affect

  appearance of observable emotions
• Aggregate

  a sum total of many things
• Ambiance

  the atmosphere of an environment
• Annual

  occurring every year
• Anterior

  facing forward
• Apply

  to place, put on, or spread something
• Audible

  able to be heard
• Bilateral

  present on two sides
• Cast

  hard protective device applied to protect a broken bone while the bone heals
• Cease

  come to an end or bring to an end
• Compensatory

  offsetting or making up for something
• Complication

  an undesired problem that is the result of some other event
• Comply

  do as directed
• Concave

  rounded inward
• Concise

  brief, to the point
• Confines

  limits or boundaries
• Consistency

  degree of viscosity, how thick or thin a fluid is
• Constrict

  to draw together or become smaller
• Contingent

  dependent
• Contour

  shape or outline of a shape
• Contract

  to draw together, to reduce in size
• Contraindication

  a reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done
• Defecate

  expel feces
• Diffusion

  movement of materials from high concentration to lower concentration
• Digestion

  the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food
• Distal

  further away from the point of attachment
• Hygiene

  measures contributing to cleanliness and good health
• Hydration

  maintenance of body fluid
• Impaired

  diminished or lacking some usual quality or level
• Gender

  sex of an individual, as in male or female
• Gaping

  wide open
• Flushed

  reddened or ruddy appearance
• Flaccid

  limp, lacking tone