Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams) worksheet with answers

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The deep cut needed six sutures.”

1. ASplints
2. BOintments
3. CStitches
4. DBandages

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Hand washing helps prevent infection.”

1. AIncrease
2. BDiagnose
3. CSpread quickly
4. DStop from happening

Which body part does the root neur/o refer to?

1. AKidney
2. BEye
3. CNerve
4. DJoint

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse reinforced the teaching about insulin injections.”

1. AStrengthened it by repeating it
2. BShortened it to save time
3. CReplaced it with completely new advice
4. DCancelled it completely

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Long-term use of some painkillers can cause a stomach ulcer.”

1. AA tumour
2. BA blockage
3. CA blood clot
4. DAn open sore

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

1. AOn the back of the limb
2. BFarther from the point of attachment to the trunk
3. CIn the middle of the bone
4. DCloser to the point where the limb is attached to the trunk

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient’s decline was precipitous.”

1. ASlow and gradual
2. BTemporary
3. CExpected and minor
4. DVery sudden and steep

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “Because her condition was ___, the nurse checked her every 15 minutes.”

1. Astable
2. Bprecarious
3. Ctrivial
4. Dresolved