Health Education Systems Admission Assessment Vocabulary

1.A clinic note says, 'The mole is benign, so we will photograph it and leave it.' Which word could replace benign and keep that meaning?

2.The trainer wrote, 'The ankle pain was acute: it began the second she left the curb.' In that note, acute most nearly means

3.Choose the word most nearly opposite of latent in this chart line: 'The infection stayed latent, with no fever and no rash.'

4.The lab sheet says, 'Dilute the bleach until the color fades.' Here, dilute means

5.Which word best fills the blank? 'Because the cough had been ___ since last winter, the visit focused on long-term care rather than a one-day fix.'

6.The counselor said, 'The prognosis is good if you keep the ankle rested.' Prognosis in that sentence means

7.In the skills lab someone asked what edema meant, and the teacher pointed to a puffy ankle. Which meaning matches that use?

8.The discharge line warns that skipping a dose may exacerbate the wheeze. Which choice is closest in meaning to exacerbate?

9.A patient leaflet says a cool cloth can alleviate the itch for a short time. Alleviate means

10.The hallway sign says, 'Ambulatory patients may walk to the lab.' Which word is nearest in meaning to ambulatory?

11.Select the opposite of febrile as it is used here: 'The child was febrile, so the nurse started a temperature log.'

12.Before the practice injection, the instructor said the tray must stay sterile. In that instruction, sterile means

13.Which choice is most nearly the opposite of adverse in this sentence? 'The new soap had an adverse effect on her hands.'

14.The schedule note says, 'The room change is tentative until the dean replies.' Tentative most nearly means

15.A campus health poster says motion sickness is prevalent on the long shuttle. Prevalent means

16.The wound note says, 'The stitches are intact.' Which meaning fits intact in that note?

17.Choose the opposite of potent in this pharmacy line: 'Use only a potent drop, because a weak one will not numb the gum.'

18.After the night shift, the student described a heavy lethargy. Lethargy most nearly means

19.The pain diary says the cramps are intermittent, gone for an hour and then back. Intermittent means

20.The instructor contrasted a subjective report of nausea with the objective reading on the scale. Subjective, in that contrast, means

21.Which word is the opposite of precise in this critique? 'The note was precise about the dose, down to the half tablet.'

22.The bus braked to an abrupt stop, and the standing rider grabbed the pole. Abrupt most nearly means

23.A teaching card says, 'Give the tablet by the oral route.' Oral means

24.The rash cream is topical, so it stays on the skin. Which choice restates topical?

25.The lecture defined inflammation as the redness, warmth, and swelling of irritated tissue. Which situation matches that definition?

26.The dermatology note calls the sore a lesion. Lesion most nearly means

27.By evening the volunteer felt deep fatigue and sat down between tours. Fatigue means

28.The skills sheet says a pulse is palpable at the wrist. Palpable means

29.In anatomy lab the distal end of the finger bone is the tip, farthest from the palm. Distal means

30.The same lab called the end of the finger bone nearer the palm the proximal end. Proximal means

31.A pediatric note says the heart murmur is congenital. Congenital means

32.The oncologist said the illness was in remission after the last cycle. Remission means

33.Which word is the opposite of chronic in this contrast? 'This flare is new and short, not chronic like the pain she has had for years.'

34.The bottle says, 'Do not contaminate the cap by setting it on the counter.' Contaminate means

35.Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'The result is still ___, so the lab will run the test again rather than treat it as a final answer.'

36.The abstract says the finding is conclusive because every repeat gave the same answer. Conclusive most nearly means

37.The consent form uses explicit language: it states the risk in direct words. Explicit means

38.The teacher's pause made the warning implicit; she never said the words, but the class understood. Implicit means

39.Which choice is most nearly the opposite of transmit in this sentence? 'Uncovered coughs can transmit the virus across the waiting room.'

40.The isolation sign says the patient should be kept apart so others are not exposed. In that sign, exposed means

41.A vaccine card describes immunity as protection that keeps a person from getting ill after a later encounter. Immunity means

42.The slide called the bacterium a pathogen because it can cause disease. Pathogen means

43.The ointment is therapeutic, aimed at healing the rash rather than only hiding it. Therapeutic means

44.Hospice notes describe palliative care as comfort when cure is no longer the goal. Palliative means

45.The diary lists onset as Tuesday at dawn, the hour the chills began. Onset means

46.The form asks for duration and gives the example 'three days so far.' Duration means

47.The dizziness was transient and gone before the student reached the library. Transient means

48.The headache was persistent, still there at bedtime after starting at breakfast. Persistent means

49.Which word best completes the line? 'The reading is ___, unchanged from yesterday, so no new treatment was added.'

50.The evening note says the breathing has begun to deteriorate. Deteriorate means

51.A medicine that can suppress a cough keeps the cough from breaking through. Suppress means

52.The gut absorbs the dissolved tablet into the blood. Absorbs means

53.The gland secretes a hormone into the bloodstream. Secretes means

54.Choose the opposite of patent as the respiratory note uses it: 'The airway is patent, so air moves freely.'

55.The culture dish is labeled viable, and the cells are still able to grow. What does viable say about those cells?

56.A red sticker calls the cleaner toxic if it is swallowed. Which idea matches toxic in that warning?

57.The dye packet says the color is innocuous on skin. A reader should understand innocuous as

58.The coach called desk study sedentary and told students to stand up once an hour. Which habit is sedentary?

59.The diet note says one glass of milk is adequate for the snack. Adequate means

60.Lab results showed an iron level that was deficient. Deficient means

61.The intake sheet flagged an excess of sodium in the day's meals. Excess means

62.The order says to withhold the morning pill until the lab result returns. Withhold means

63.Only a licensed nurse may administer that injection. Administer means

64.Patients who comply with the brace schedule wear it for the hours they were shown. Comply means

65.The writer was told not to omit the allergy line. Omit means

66.Before any stretch, the aide will assess the patient's balance. Assess means

67.Night staff monitor the oxygen number every hour. Monitor means

68.The policy says to document the walk in the log, including the time. Document means

69.The student asked the pharmacist to clarify the dose. Clarify means

70.The librarian said the knee article was relevant to the assignment on joints. Relevant means

71.The editor cut a paragraph as extraneous because it never mentioned the experiment. Extraneous means

72.Every repeat of the count was consistent with the first one. Consistent means

73.The two statements were contradictory: one said the gate was open, and one said it was locked. Contradictory means

74.The student offered a hypothesis that the soup, not the bread, caused the illness, and then designed a check. A hypothesis is

75.The graph was drawn to show whether study hours correlate with quiz scores. Correlate means

76.The bladder record uses void for the 6 a.m. trip to the bathroom. In that record, void means

77.The scan shows the vessel is occluded by a clot. Occluded means

78.The instructor said a wet dressing had compromised the clean field. Compromised means

79.The tissue at the edge was necrotic and had to be removed. Necrotic means

80.The report distinguished a malignant growth from one that would not invade nearby tissue. Malignant means

81.The nurse noted pallor when the patient's face lost its usual color. Pallor means

82.The tutor said jaundice can tint the eyes yellow when the liver is struggling. Jaundice refers to

83.Three nights of insomnia left the student awake past 2. Insomnia means

84.Waves of nausea made the passenger refuse the sandwich. Nausea means

85.Standing up too fast gave her vertigo, and the room seemed to spin. Vertigo means

86.The leak was audible from the hallway, a hiss anyone nearby could hear. Audible means

87.The scar is on the anterior side of the forearm, the side that faces forward when the arm hangs down. Anterior means

88.The shoulder blade sits on the posterior surface of the trunk. Posterior means

89.The student rolled onto the lateral edge of the foot, the outer edge away from the other foot. Lateral means

90.The scrape is superficial, only on the surface, and did not reach muscle. Superficial means

91.The shoulders are superior to the hips, sitting above them. Superior means

92.The soles are inferior to the knees. Inferior means

93.Raising a hand to ask a question is a voluntary movement. Voluntary means

94.A blink from dust is involuntary. Involuntary means

95.The limp was acquired after the fall, not present in childhood. Acquired means

96.After weeks of feeling well, the student suffered a relapse of the cough. Relapse means

97.Itching was the symptom the patient could feel, while the rash was what the nurse could see. In that sentence, a symptom is

98.The poster lists handwashing as basic hygiene. Hygiene means

99.The surgeon planned a short incision along the knee. An incision is

100.After the cut, a suture held the edges together. A suture is

101.The checkup focused on hypertension, blood pressure that stays too high. Hypertension means

102.The dizzy student had hypotension, and the cuff showed a low reading. Hypotension means

103.The label lists the dosage as one tablet twice a day. Dosage means

104.A long run without water can dehydrate a person. Dehydrate means

105.The tutor recommended a gradual return to walking, adding one block each day. Gradual means

106.The scale gave an objective number, the same no matter who looked at it. Objective means

107.After the tests, the clinician wrote a diagnosis of strep throat. A diagnosis is

108.People who are susceptible to the virus catch it more easily than their roommates. Susceptible means