A | B |
Vascular | of or relating to blood vessels |
Verbal | spoken, using words |
Virulent | extremely harmful and severe |
Virus | micoscopic infectious agent capable of replicating only in living cells, causes infectious disease |
Vital | essential |
Volume | amount of space occupied by a fluid |
Ammenorhea | absence of menstruation |
Contralateral | opposite side |
Ipsilateral | same side |
Patent | open |
Obvious | overt |
Dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
Insidious | very gradual, hardly noticeable |
Anuria | lack of urine output |
Proximal | closer to the trunk |
Etiology | origin or cause |
impenetrable | impervious, unable to penetrate |
Endogenous | produced in the body |
Febrile | fever |
Proliferated | multiplied |
Supine | on the back |
Mileau | environment |
Abberant | abnormal |
Laceration | cut or wound |
Debridment | removal of dead (necrotic) tissue |
Triage | sort based on severity of problem |
Dilate | to widen or expand |
Indolent | lethargic |
Veins | blood vessels cary deoxagenated blood back to the heart |
Buccal | inside the cheek |
Expectorate | to cough out phlegm |
Relinquish | to give up or cease claim |
Germinate | to develop |
Indemnity | insurance |
Rampant | unrestrained |
Ominous | threatening |
Hypoglycemia | low blood sugar |
Stuporous | sleepy but arousable to verbal stimuli |
Hemoptysis | spitting up blood |
Engorage | swell |
Polydipsia | excessive thirst |
Peptic | related to digestion |
Isometric | a muscle contraction that does not cause a change in length |