Compensatory - ANS ✓offsetting, or making up for something.
Ex: when the patients blood pressure decreased, the paramedic noted that
the heart rate increased, which the paramedic recognize as a ________ action
Concave - ANS ✓Rounded inward.
Ex: the dietician noticed that the patient was very thin and that the patients
abdomen appeared __________.
Concise - ANS ✓Brief, to the point .
Ex: when teaching a patient, the nurse tried to be ______ so that the
instructions would be easy to remember.
Consistency - ANS ✓Degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is in relation to
how it flows.
Ex: the respiratory therapist noticed that the mucus the patient was
coughing was of a thin, watery ________.
Constrict - ANS ✓to draw together or become smaller.
Ex: the nurse knows that the small blood vessels of the skin will ______ when
ice is applied to the skin
Contigent - ANS ✓Dependent.
Ex: the hygienist told the patient that a healthy mouth is ______ on careful
daily brushing and flossing.
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Contraindication - ANS ✓A reason something is not advisable or should not be
done.
Ex: the patients excessive bleeding was a ________ for discharge from the
hospital.
Cursory - ANS ✓Quick, perfunctory(carried out with a minimum of effort), not
thorough.
Ex: during triage, the paramedic gave each accident victim a ______
examination.
Depress - ANS ✓press downward
Ex: the nurse will _____ the patients skin to see if any swelling is present
depth - ANS ✓downward measurement from a surface
dilate - ANS ✓to enlarge or expand
dilute - ANS ✓to make a liquid less concentrated
discrete - ANS ✓Distinct, separate.
ex: the paramedic observed several _____ discrete bruise marks on the
patients body.
distended - ANS ✓enlarged or expanded from pressure.
Etiology - ANS ✓the origin or cause of a disease or condition.
exacerbate - ANS ✓to make worse or more severe.
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