Hesi A2 Vocabulary Latest Updated 2023 Graded A+

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Hesi A2 Vocabulary Latest Updated 2023 Graded A+ Virulence ✔✔Capacity of a pathogen to cause severe disease; for example, measles virus is of low virulence; while rabies virus is highly virulen... t Rancid ✔✔Having a bad taste or smell; spoiled Assent ✔✔agreement with a statement or proposal to do something Cornucopia ✔✔Abundance; horn of plenty Furnished ✔✔supplied; given Hierarchy of Needs ✔✔Maslow's pyramid of human needs, beginning at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher-level safety needs and then psychological needs become active Etiology ✔✔The study of the cause or origin of a disease Delusion ✔✔1. A false belief or opinion, especially one held in spite of contradictory evidence Fontanel ✔✔A soft, membrane-covered space between the bones at the front and the back of a newborn's skull. Also known as the "soft spot" Efface ✔✔(v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed Vertigo ✔✔Condition of dizziness, often described as a room spinning sensation Ostracize ✔✔(v.) to exclude from a group, banish, send away Allude ✔✔(v.) to refer to casually or indirectly Ubiquitous ✔✔existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent Environment ✔✔All external conditions and factors, living and nonliving (chemicals and energy), that affect an organism or other specified system during its lifetime. Recessive ✔✔An allele that is only expressed in the phenotpye if there is not a dominant allele in the genotype is said to be recessive. Preferred ✔✔A special type of stock whose owners, though not generally having a say in running the company, have a claim to profits before other stockholders do. Fundamental ✔✔The tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition Triage ✔✔the order in which patients are to be treated Shock ✔✔A condition in which the circulatory system fails to provide sufficient circulation to enable every body part to perform its function; also called hypoperfusion. Longevity ✔✔Long life Impervious ✔✔impossible to penetrate Adequate ✔✔Enough; sufficient Expedite ✔✔(v.) to make easy, cause to progress faster Toxic ✔✔Causing harm; poisonous Flexion ✔✔Act of bending a joint Notorious ✔✔Known widely and unfavorably Receipt ✔✔A source document that serves as a record of cash received. Rigidity ✔✔Hardness, stiffness, or inflexibility Cannula ✔✔a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing [Show More]

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