NHCC Nursing

Mary S.
Words commonly used in NHCC Nursing courses that are often beyond words found in a Medical Terminology book.
78 words 44 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. accurate
    characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth
  2. action
    something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  3. administer
    supervise or be in charge of
  4. analysis
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  5. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
  6. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  7. approval
    the formal act of giving agreement or permission
  8. approximately
    imprecise but fairly close to correct
  9. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  10. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
  11. colleague
    an associate that one works with
  12. compensate
    make amends for
  13. constriction
    a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
  14. correlate
    bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
  15. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  16. critical
    of a serious examination and judgment of something
  17. deficiency
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
  18. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
  19. development
    a process in which something passes to a different stage
  20. dilation
    the act of making an opening wider
  21. discharge
    remove the unbalanced electricity from
  22. effective
    producing or capable of producing an intended result
  23. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  24. evaluate
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  25. exhibit
    make visible or apparent
  26. experience
    the content of observation or participation in an event
  27. exposure
    the state of being exposed to harm
  28. extremity
    the outermost or farthest region or point
  29. finding
    something that is discovered
  30. formation
    the act of establishing or creating something
  31. high-grade
    surpassing in quality
  32. impair
    make worse or less effective
  33. impaired
    mentally or physically unfit
  34. implement
    a piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose
  35. indicate
    designate a place, direction, person, or thing
  36. initiation
    the act of starting something for the first time
  37. inspection
    a formal or official examination
  38. insufficiency
    a lack of competence
  39. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  40. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  41. limited
    subject to restrictions or constraints
  42. low-grade
    of inferior quality
  43. maintenance
    activity involved in keeping something in good working order
  44. manifestation
    a clear appearance
  45. measure
    determine the dimensions of something or somebody
  46. monitor
    someone who observes to ensure fairness or prevent mistakes
  47. notify
    inform somebody of something
  48. occasional
    occurring from time to time
  49. occurrence
    an instance of something happening
  50. organization
    a methodical and orderly manner or approach
  51. priority
    status established in order of importance or urgency
  52. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  53. rationale
    an explanation of the fundamental reasons
  54. recommend
    express a good opinion of
  55. recommendation
    praise of a person or thing as worthy or desirable
  56. reflect
    throw or bend back from a surface
  57. response
    the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  58. routine
    an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
  59. scant
    less than the correct or legal or full amount
  60. sensation
    an awareness of some type of stimulation
  61. suppression
    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  62. syndrome
    a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
  63. synthesis
    the combination of ideas into a complex whole
  64. therapeutic
    tending to cure or restore to health
  65. trauma
    an emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects
  66. determine
    find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
  67. don
    a teacher or tutor, especially at Cambridge or Oxford
  68. tactile
    of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch
  69. summarize
    briefly present the main points of something
  70. boggy
    (of soil) soft and watery
  71. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  72. autolytic
    of or relating to self-digestion
  73. occlusive
    tending to occlude
  74. proliferation
    a rapid increase in number
  75. receptacle
    a container that is used to put or keep things in
  76. graduated
    marked with or divided into degrees
  77. affect
    have an influence upon
  78. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
Created on Thu Mar 24 12:55:02 EDT 2011 (updated Mon Mar 28 10:36:34 EDT 2011)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.