Medical Assessment Terms

adjective lacking firmness or stiffness; limp

• The patient exhibited symptoms of flaccid paralysis in his lower limbs.
• I heard that guy fainted because his legs went all flaccid on him.
• Dude, your arm looks so flaccid after that intense workout.
• The team's performance was flaccid, lacking any energy or enthusiasm.

noun a set of questions for obtaining information from individuals or groups

adjective pertaining to or consisting of questions

• The research study required participants to fill out a detailed questionnaire.
• I had to answer a bunch of questions on the questionnaire for the survey.
• I breezed through the questionnaire without really paying attention.
• Life sometimes feels like a never-ending questionnaire of choices and decisions.

noun a quantity of air that fills the lungs

• The doctor instructed the patient to take a deep lungful of air before blowing into the spirometer.
• I took a lungful of fresh mountain air and felt instantly refreshed.
• After running up the stairs, I was gasping for a lungful.
• He spoke with such passion that his words seemed to carry a lungful of emotion.