HESI Vocabulary Practice Test

A patient’s chart indicates that he has been having trouble with respiration. What action is the patient struggling with?

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Annika was having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that her chronic condition would keep her from pursuing figure skating.

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The doctor only gave the wound a cursory glance before knowing it was infected.

What is the best definition for the word “predispose”?

What is the best definition of the word “symptom”?

Cassandra is an inpatient at the hospital due to a rare hematologic disease. What part of her body does the disease impact?

How is sublingual medication administered to a patient?

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The pharmacy was forced to cease operations until the power was restored.

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The concerned parents rushed to the hospital, but luckily, the substance their child ingested was non-toxic.

Which word most closely means “an unfilled area within a mass”?

The pleura is a delicate serous membrane that lines the chest cavity and outside the lungs.

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Alan asked his professor for modifications of his verbal foreign language test since he was hearing impaired.

A patient’s chart notes that typical treatments for their disease only seem to exacerbate the symptoms. What does exacerbate mean here?

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The ingestion of toxic substances by small children can be an incredible danger under inattentive parents.

Select the word that means “existing in possibility”.

The potential impacts of the infection were of heightened concern due to Omar’s preexisting conditions that affected his immune system response.

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Penny experienced acute trauma to the occipital lobe from the attack, resulting in a grueling and emotionally exhausting rehabilitation process.

A patient comes to urgent care after experiencing acute pain in the abdomen. How is “acute” pain characterized?

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The absolute contraindications of the procedure meant that, unfortunately, the doctor could not authorize operation.

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In order to treat the patient suffering with achalasia, the doctor had to dilate his esophagus.

A patient’s chart includes the chronology of her condition’s progression. What is on this chart?

Select the word that means “showing simultaneous but contradictory feelings.”

Despite the oncologist’s persistent assurance that the treatment’s success was ubiquitous, the patient remained ambivalent to the suggestion of undergoing it.

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The virulent infection caused a febrile condition that could be fatal if not properly mitigated.

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Despite Juan’s fears, his practitioner assured him that the necessary laparoscopy was minimally invasive.

Select the word that means “the prospect of recovery.”

Despite the practitioner’s concerning initial diagnosis, the patient’s bodily response to hydration and medication led to a hopeful prognosis.

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The healing of Juan’s stitches was contingent on his ability to stop scratching at them.

A patient has a fracture in the distal end of the fibula. Where is the fracture on the bone?

A patient you are working with is suffering from a renal disease. What part of the patient’s body is affected?

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The patient’s end-stage renal disease required a bilateral nephrectomy to be performed by the end of the month.

What is the best definition of the word “triage”?

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The virus had an advantageous mutation that made it highly pathogenic, causing an outbreak unseen in living memory.

What is the best definition for the word “pathology”?

A patient’s medical chart indicates that their condition causes a deficiency in subcutaneous fat. What is the meaning of the word “subcutaneous?”

What is the best definition of the word “laceration”?

What does it mean if a disorder is congenital?

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The patient had an occluded coronary artery that required immediate intervention.

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Of course, the doctor had the assent of the patient’s mother to proceed with treatment.

Select the word that means “not able to be damaged.”

The persistent infection seemed impervious to all oral and transdermal attempts of medical treatment.

What is the best definition of the word “flexion”?

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Sarai’s cancer treatment had suppressed her immune system, heightening her concern over the recent virus outbreak.

If a patient cannot ambulate independently, what does he or she need assistance with?

What is the best definition of the word “vascular”?

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Jeremiah had never heard of arteriovenous malformation until his family was personally impacted by the neurovascular disorder.

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Despite Roberto feeling healthy for his whole life, he discovered he had Guillain-Barré syndrome after recovering from a viral respiratory infection.

Which word in the following sentence means “characterized by lack of energy”?

After undergoing surgery, Melinda was weak, lethargic, immobile, and irritable.

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Surprisingly, the area with the highest rate of transmission of the viral infection was not a densely populated city, but rather a spread-out suburban region.

What is the definition of the word “diffuse”?

A patient is hospitalized due to an inflamed appendix. What is the meaning of “inflammation”?

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The nurse tightly wrapped the patient’s upper arm in order to distend his veins.

Charlie’s doctor has noticed a precipitous decline in his mental health after his rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis. What has happened?

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Ruth’s labile hypertension provided complications that the doctors had never encountered.

A neurological disorder is a condition involving what part of the body?