Scheda di esercizi di Vocabolario sanitario (test di ammissione) con soluzioni

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

1. APreventing or blocking
2. BProducing or causing
3. CDestroying or killing
4. DStudying or measuring

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “On examination, the patient’s abdomen was rigid.”

1. ABruised and discoloured
2. BStiff and hard
3. CSoft and relaxed
4. DBloated with gas

What does the root ger/o or geront/o refer to, as in “gerontology”?

1. AChildhood
2. BPregnancy
3. CIllness
4. DOld age

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient was emaciated after months of illness.”

1. ABadly swollen with retained fluid
2. BDeeply confused
3. CCovered in sores
4. DExtremely thin and weak

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The airway is patent.”

1. ANarrow
2. BInflamed
3. CClosed
4. DOpen and unblocked

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Follow the correct sequence when putting on protective equipment.”

1. ACost
2. BOrder
3. CNumber
4. DSpeed

Choose the meaning of the words in bold: “On review the patient was afebrile and normotensive.”

1. ANo fever, and normal blood pressure
2. BA fever, and normal blood pressure
3. CA fever, and a high blood pressure reading
4. DNo fever, and low blood pressure

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “The new law will ___ the use of tobacco in all public buildings.”

1. Apurchase
2. Bpermit
3. Cpromote
4. Dprohibit