Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams) worksheet with answers

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient was discharged this morning.”

1. ATaken away for surgery
2. BAllowed to leave the hospital
3. CAdmitted to the hospital
4. DMoved to another ward

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

1. AOld age
2. BPregnancy
3. CChildhood
4. DIllness

What does the suffix -cele mean, as in “rectocele”?

1. APuncture
2. BHernia or bulging
3. CSmall cell
4. DSurgical removal

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The two blood pressure readings were consistent.”

1. AIn agreement with each other
2. BVery different from each other
3. CBoth recorded incorrectly
4. DTaken at the same time

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The old infection control policy is now obsolete.”

1. ANewly written
2. BWidely used
3. CVery strict
4. DOut of date

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The doctor explained the prognosis.”

1. AThe name of the disease
2. BThe original cause and source of the disease
3. CThe cost of the treatment
4. DThe likely course and outcome of a disease

Which word means “absence of menstrual periods”?

1. AMenorrhagia
2. BMetrorrhagia
3. CAmenorrhoea
4. DDysmenorrhoea

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Obesity is a predisposing factor for type 2 diabetes.”

1. AMaking a person more likely to develop it
2. BCuring it
3. CPreventing it completely in every person who has it
4. DUnrelated to it