Phiếu bài tập Từ vựng chăm sóc sức khỏe (thi đầu vào) có đáp án

What does the suffix -trophy mean, as in “hypertrophy”?

1. AHardening or scarring of tissue
2. BMovement or motion
3. CPain or tenderness
4. DGrowth or development

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 -rrhoea (US: -rrhea) mean, as in “diarrhoea”?

1. ASwelling
2. BBlockage
3. CPain or ache
4. DFlow or discharge

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “This drug has a sedative effect.”

1. ARelieving pain at the site
2. BStimulating and causing alertness
3. CCalming and causing sleepiness
4. DLowering a high temperature

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The headaches tend to recur in spring.”

1. ADisappear for good
2. BBecome milder
3. CStart for the first time
4. DHappen again

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse cleaned the abrasion on the child’s knee.”

1. AA bite from an animal
2. BA swollen joint
3. CA scrape of the skin surface
4. DA deep puncture wound from a nail

What does the term osteoporosis mean?

1. AA condition of porous, weakened bones
2. BInflammation of the bones and the joints between them
3. CA cancerous tumour of the bone
4. DA bacterial infection of the bone

What does the term hysterectomy mean?

1. ASurgical removal of the ovaries
2. BSurgical removal of the uterus
3. CIncision into the uterus
4. DSurgical repair of the bladder