Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams) worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. APuncture
  2. BHernia or bulging
  3. CSurgical removal
  4. DSmall cell
2.Easy

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Take this medicine daily.”

  1. AOnce a week
  2. BEvery hour
  3. COnly when needed
  4. DOnce every day
3.Easy

What does the suffix -itis mean, as in “tonsillitis”?

  1. AStudy of
  2. BInflammation
  3. CSurgical removal
  4. DEnlargement
4.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient’s respirations were 18 per minute.”

  1. ATemperature readings
  2. BBlood pressure readings
  3. CHeartbeats
  4. DBreaths
5.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse treated the dying patient with great compassion.”

  1. AImpatience and a need to hurry
  2. BStrictness and firm discipline
  3. CCare for suffering and a wish to help
  4. DIndifference and a complete lack of interest
6.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The fever subsided overnight.”

  1. ABecame less intense
  2. BBecame more intense
  3. CSpread to others
  4. DStarted suddenly
7.Hard

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

  1. AA fever, and normal blood pressure
  2. BA fever, and a high blood pressure reading
  3. CNo fever, and low blood pressure
  4. DNo fever, and normal blood pressure
8.Hard

What does the term erythrocyte mean?

  1. ABone cell
  2. BRed blood cell
  3. CSkin cell
  4. DWhite blood cell

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Hernia or bulging
  2. 2. D · Once every day
  3. 3. B · Inflammation
  4. 4. D · Breaths
  5. 5. C · Care for suffering and a wish to help
  6. 6. A · Became less intense
  7. 7. D · No fever, and normal blood pressure
  8. 8. B · Red blood cell

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