Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams) worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What does the prefix auto- mean, as in “autoimmune”?

  1. AAgainst
  2. BSelf
  3. CMany
  4. DOther
2.Easy

What does the suffix -phagia mean, as in “polyphagia”?

  1. ASpeaking or talking
  2. BBreathing
  3. CEating or swallowing
  4. DSeeing
3.Easy

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient is allergic to penicillin.”

  1. AHas a harmful immune reaction to it
  2. BHas just finished a full course of it
  3. CTakes it every day
  4. DNeeds a larger dose of it
4.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “After the stroke, the patient was bedridden for weeks.”

  1. AUnable to leave bed
  2. BWaiting for a hospital bed
  3. CSleeping most of the day
  4. DRecovering at home
5.Medium

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

  1. ATaken at the same time
  2. BVery different from each other
  3. CBoth recorded incorrectly
  4. DIn agreement with each other
6.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The supply room is adjacent to the nurses’ station.”

  1. ANext to
  2. BFar from
  3. CBehind
  4. DAbove
7.Hard

What does the term nephrolithiasis mean?

  1. ASurgical removal of a kidney
  2. BSoftening of kidney tissue
  3. CThe presence of kidney stones
  4. DInflammation of the kidney tissue
8.Hard

What does the term splenomegaly mean?

  1. APain in the spleen
  2. BRemoval of the spleen
  3. CEnlargement of the spleen
  4. DInflammation of the spleen

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Self
  2. 2. C · Eating or swallowing
  3. 3. A · Has a harmful immune reaction to it
  4. 4. A · Unable to leave bed
  5. 5. D · In agreement with each other
  6. 6. A · Next to
  7. 7. C · The presence of kidney stones
  8. 8. C · Enlargement of the spleen

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