उत्तरों सहित स्वास्थ्य-सेवा शब्दावली (प्रवेश परीक्षाएँ) वर्कशीट

What does the suffix -pnoea (US: -pnea) mean, as in “apnoea”?

1. ASwallowing
2. BBreathing
3. CSleeping
4. DHeart rate

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

1. AStudying or measuring
2. BPreventing or blocking
3. CProducing or causing
4. DDestroying or killing

What does the suffix -ptosis mean, as in “nephroptosis”?

1. ABleeding
2. BTwisting
3. CHardening
4. DDrooping or sagging

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Store the medication in an opaque container.”

1. AKept cold at all times in a fridge
2. BNot letting light through
3. CLocked against children
4. DSealed against air

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The toddler may have ingested a cleaning product.”

1. ASpilled on the skin
2. BBreathed in
3. CSwallowed
4. DTouched

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The fracture was in the distal part of the arm, near the wrist.”

1. AIn the middle of the bone
2. BOn the back of the limb
3. CCloser to the point where the limb is attached to the trunk
4. DFarther from the point of attachment to the trunk

Which word is the opposite of hypertrophy?

1. ANecrosis
2. BHyperplasia
3. CDystrophy
4. DAtrophy

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Firm pressure was applied to achieve haemostasis.”

1. AThe formation of a bruise
2. BA normal blood pressure
3. CAn increase in blood flow
4. DThe stopping of bleeding