Those ones to review more

Cards (40)

  • Aegis
    control, protection
  • Ambivalent
    having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
  • Assiduous
    very careful and hardworking
  • Contraindication
    a reason why something is not advisable or why it should not be done
  • Ephemeral
    only lasting for a short period of time
  • Etiology
    the cause or origin of disease
  • Expectorate
    to cough up phlegm from the lungs and out of the mouth (spit)
  • Hematologic
    pertaining or relating to blood
  • Impervious
    unable to be affected by; impenetrable
  • Labile
    changing rapidly and often
  • Milieu
    the environmental condition or setting
  • Occluded
    closed or obstructed
  • Paroxysmal
    beginning suddenly or abruptly; a fit; seizures
  • Patent
    open
  • Precipitous
    over hasty, rapid, and uncontrolled
  • Precocious
    showing advance development
  • Remission
    improvement or absence of signs of disease
  • Sagacity
    sound knowledge, judgement, and foresight
  • Sputum
    (AKA phlegm) mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea expelled through the mouth
  • Sublingual
    under the tongue
  • Superfluous
    more than is needed, desire, or necessary
  • Supposition
    a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; hypothesis
  • Syndrome
    group of symptoms that, when occurring together, reflects a specific disease or disorder
  • Transdermal
    crossing through the skin
  • Transient
    lasting for only a short period of time or duration
  • Triage
    process of evaluating the urgency of medical needs and prioritizing treatment
  • Trite
    dull; repeated too often
  • Ubiquitous
    everywhere at once
  • Venerable
    worthy of respect because of wisdom or age
  • Venerate
    to regard with much respect; revere
  • Void
    excrete, or to expel urine
  • Insidious
    so gradual as to not become apparent for a long time; treacherous
  • Virulent
    extremely harmful and severe
  • Q.I.D
    Four times a day
  • Q.D
    once a day
  • ATBE
    at bedtime
  • q8h
    every 8 hours
  • Preposition
    shows the relationship or expresses the location of a noun/ a pronoun (e.g. Kendall parked IN the garage)
  • Predicate
    [verb] what is said about the subject (e.g. Kendall SENT two medications orders two hours ago)
  • Euphemism
    word substituting something considered harsh, blunt, or offensive (e.g. He died -> He passes away)