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

What does the prefix pseudo- mean, as in “pseudocyst”?

1. ALarge
2. BHidden
3. CTrue
4. DFalse

What does the root glyc/o or gluc/o refer to?

1. ASugar
2. BSalt
3. CWater
4. DFat

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

1. ABleeding
2. BSweating
3. CCoughing
4. DVomiting

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Contaminated needles must be placed in a sharps container.”

1. ASharper than normal needles
2. BBent or broken during use
3. CMade unclean by germs or harmful matter
4. DBrand new and still sealed in the original packet

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The drug is applied as a transdermal patch.”

1. AThrough the skin
2. BInto the muscle
3. CUnder the tongue
4. DBy inhaling

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse collected a sputum sample in the morning.”

1. AUrine passed from the bladder
2. BFluid running from the nose during a cold
3. CMucus coughed up from the lungs
4. DBlood taken from a vein

What does the term leukaemia mean?

1. AA low number of red blood cells
2. BA cancer of the blood-forming tissues
3. CAn inherited bleeding disorder
4. DA bacterial infection of the bloodstream

What does the term pericarditis mean?

1. AInflammation of the muscle tissue of the heart wall
2. BSlow heart rate
3. CInflammation of the sac around the heart
4. DEnlargement of the heart