Fiche d’exercices de Vocabulaire de la santé (examens d’entrée) avec corrigé

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Her symptoms were mild.”

1. ALife-threatening
2. BGetting worse fast
3. CNot severe
4. DUnusual

What does the suffix -emesis mean, as in “hyperemesis”?

1. ASweating
2. BVomiting
3. CBleeding
4. DCoughing

What does the suffix -genic mean, as in “carcinogenic”?

1. AStudying or measuring
2. BPreventing or blocking
3. CDestroying or killing
4. DProducing or causing

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The clinic offers flexible appointment times.”

1. AVery long
2. BFixed and strict
3. CVery short
4. DAble to be changed

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The new barcode system will enhance medication safety.”

1. AImprove
2. BReplace completely
3. CMeasure exactly
4. DSlow down

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse gave an accurate handover report.”

1. AShort and simple
2. BLate and rushed
3. CCorrect
4. DLong and detailed

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The test is non-invasive.”

1. AIt must be done in an operating room under anaesthesia
2. BIt always causes pain
3. CIt does not enter the body or break the skin
4. DIt spreads to other organs

What does the term hemiplegia mean?

1. AParalysis of all four limbs
2. BParalysis of one side of the body
3. CLoss of all feeling in both hands and fingers
4. DWeakness of both legs only