Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams) worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The diagnosis was pneumonia.”

  1. AExpected outcome of the illness
  2. BIdentification of the illness
  3. CTime the illness started
  4. DTreatment given for the illness
2.Easy

What does the prefix a- or an- mean, as in “anaemia” or “afebrile”?

  1. AAn excessive amount of something
  2. BTwice
  3. CWithout or absence of
  4. DBefore
3.Easy

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The child had a fracture of the wrist.”

  1. AA break in a bone
  2. BA bruise
  3. CA burn
  4. DA deep cut that needs stitches
4.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The rash was symmetric.”

  1. AThe same on both sides
  2. BRaised, itchy and painful to touch
  3. CSpreading upward
  4. DOnly on one side
5.Medium

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

  1. ABlood pressure readings
  2. BTemperature readings
  3. CBreaths
  4. DHeartbeats
6.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient with chest pain showed marked diaphoresis.”

  1. ARapid breathing
  2. BHeavy sweating
  3. CBrief fainting
  4. DViolent shivering
7.Hard

What does the term polycythaemia mean?

  1. AAn abnormally low number of red blood cells
  2. BAn abnormally high number of red blood cells
  3. CAn abnormally low number of platelets
  4. DAn abnormally high number of white blood cells
8.Hard

What does the term pneumothorax mean?

  1. ABlood in the chest cavity
  2. BFluid filling the tiny air sacs of the lung
  3. CAir in the chest cavity around the lung
  4. DInflammation of the lung tissue

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Identification of the illness
  2. 2. C · Without or absence of
  3. 3. A · A break in a bone
  4. 4. A · The same on both sides
  5. 5. C · Breaths
  6. 6. B · Heavy sweating
  7. 7. B · An abnormally high number of red blood cells
  8. 8. C · Air in the chest cavity around the lung

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