Prepare for the HESI A2 Vocabulary section with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers medical terminology, word meanings, and vocabulary in context.
Q: Absence
Answer: Commonly occurs in children, unnoticed, is where the patient briefly loses consciousness, sometimes staring off into space, unresponsive.
Q: Anorexia
Answer: As a medical condition, refers to a lack of appetite; anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by a preoccupation with body image and restrictive eating behaviors.
Q: Antispamodic
Answer: A drug used to treat muscle spasms that can cause the side effect of excessive thirst.
Q: Arterial
Answer: Related to arteries. Can also refer to a type of ulcers caused by lack of blood flow, such as those found in the toe area, on pressure points, and in wounds that aren’t healing.
Q: Arteries
Answer: Carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart
Q: Atonic
Answer: Where the patient loses muscle tone completely thoughout the body.
Q: Attractive
Answer: Having an appearance or feature that is appealing in some way.
Q: Bereavement
Answer: A period of mourning after the loss of a loved one. It can appear as a varierty of different physical and other conditions such as chest pain, depression, ect.
Q: Cerebro-vascular
Answer: Accident or stroke: which a part of the brain’s blood flow is restricted to a part of the brain resulting in serious, long-term, or even life-threatening symptoms.
Q: Clonic
Answer: seizure that involves the same jerking movements throughout the body
Q: Coma
Answer: a state of sleep in which the patient cannot be awakened either by verbal or painful stimuli.
Q: Costly
Answer: expensive; costing a lot.
Q: Delirium
Answer: A condition involving agitation and confusion that causes a patient to lose focus and attention.
Q: Diabetic coma
Answer: Is when the blood sugar becomes so high or low that the patient loses consciousness.
Q: diabetic ketoacidosis
Answer: An acidontic metabolic state om tje body , resulting in an increased need to urinate, called polyuria, and excessive thirst, called polydipsia, as well as nausea, abdominal pain, fruity-scented breath, and confusion.
Q: Displacement
Answer: A defense mechanism in which negative emotions are expressed at the wrong object.
Q: Entire
Answer: whole; all of something
Q: Gastroespophageal reflux or acid reflux
Answer: A common cause of chest pain that can be mistaken with a heart attack.
Q: Gigantic
Answer: very large
Q: Grand Mal
Answer: a seizure causing the patient to go into a state of muscle rigidity, convulsions, and unconsciousness
Q: Hematemesis
Answer: blood in vomit
Q: Hematochezia
Answer: Rectal bleeding
Q: Hematopoiesis
Answer: Creation of new blood cells
Q: Hemoptyis
Answer: Coughing up blood; causes include bronchitis, tuberciulosis, and necrotizing pneumonia among others.
Q: Hyperglycemia
Answer: A blood sugar of greater than 200mg/dl caused by the patient not having adequate insulin and/or diabetic medication management, ingesting more glucose than normal,illness thast changes normal routine, or a personal crisis that has occured causing emotional stress in the body.
Q: Hypoglycemia
Answer: When tge blood sugar of a patient drops below 60mg/dl. Patients may develop this if they have too much insulin or have not ingested enough dietary glucose.
Q: Instructor
Answer: One who teachone who teachers or practices teaching.
Q: Intellectualization
Answer: a coping mechanism in which the patient analyzes a situation from an emotionally detached viewpoint
Q: Isokinetic
Answer: A strength training modality in which a machine adapts the resistance based upon a set speed of movement through the lifting action
Q: Isometric
Answer: strength exercise using resistance without joint motion
Q: Meningitis
Answer: inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord
Q: migrane
Answer: may cause nasea and vomiting as a side effect of their intense headache.
Q: myocardial infarction or heart attack
Answer: a blockage of normal blood supply to an area in the heart
Q: Myoclonic
Answer: quick repetitive contraction of muscle (arm twitch or face)
Q: neuropathic ulcer
Answer: refering to ulcers found in feet or toe areas
Q: observed
Answer: to watch carefully
Q: pleuritis
Answer: inflammation of the pleura (also called pleurisy)
Q: plyometrics
Answer: strength exercise combining stretching swiftly followed by contracting
Q: pnemonia
Answer: infections of the respiratory system that affects the lungs
Q: residence
Answer: a home; a place where a person settles to live
Q: seizure
Answer: Characterized by synchronized, high-frequency neuronal firing. Variety of forms.
Q: selecting
Answer: choose between a number of options
Q: somonolent
Answer: sleepy, drowsiness
Q: Staging
Answer: refers to ulcers depending on size, tunneling as well as other factors.
Q: stupor
Answer: wiill awaken from sleep only upom painful stimuli
Q: tonic
Answer: seizures that are characterized by a rigidity and overall stiffness of muscles throughout the body
Q: undoing
Answer: The defense mechanism in which one magically undoes an act or wish associated with anxiety
Q: Veins
Answer: Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
Q: venous
Answer: referring to a type of ulcer found in the lower leg area
Q: distended
Answer: Enlarged or expanded from pressure
Q: contrite
Answer: extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant
Q: succinct
Answer: short and to the point; concise
Q: postulate
Answer: hypothesize; propose
Q: taciturn
Answer: silent; not talkative
Q: chide
Answer: to scold
Q: consternation
Answer: dismay, confusion
Q: languid
Answer: slow, sluggish, listless, weak
Q: illustrious
Answer: very famous; outstanding
Q: incongruent
Answer: lacking harmony, conformity, consistency or propriety
Q: superfluous
Answer: exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
Q: obstinate
Answer: stubborn; unyielding