2026 HOSA BOWL EXAMS ALL SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔deciduous teeth - ✔✔baby teeth; teeth that will eventually be lost during
adolescence
✔✔decubitus ulcer - ✔✔bedsore; an ulceration of tissue deprived of adequate blood
supply by prolonged pressure
✔✔deglutition - ✔✔the act of swallowing
✔✔diaphoresis - ✔✔profuse sweating
✔✔diastolic - ✔✔the lowest arterial blood pressure of a cardiac cycle occurring during
diastole of the heart
✔✔distended - ✔✔enlarged or stretched out
✔✔diuretic - ✔✔medication to increase urine excretion
✔✔dyspepsia - ✔✔indigestion; inability to digest or difficulty in digesting food
, ✔✔dysphagia - ✔✔difficulty in swallowing
✔✔dysphasia - ✔✔loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as
a result of injury to or disease of the brain
✔✔dystrophy - ✔✔a condition produced by faulty nutrition; any myogenic atrophy
✔✔ecchymosis - ✔✔bruise; the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood
vessels marked by a livid black and blue or purple spot or area
✔✔edema - ✔✔an abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or
in a serous cavity; also called dropsy
✔✔edentulous - ✔✔without teeth
✔✔effusion - ✔✔the escape of fluid from anatomical vessels by rupture or exudation
✔✔emesis - ✔✔vomiting; an act or instance of disgorging the contents of the stomach
through the mouth
✔✔emetic - ✔✔substance that induces vomiting
✔✔endemic - ✔✔restricted or peculiar to a locality or region
✔✔enuresis - ✔✔an involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine
✔✔episiotomy - ✔✔surgical enlargement of the vulval orifice for obstetrical purposes
during parturition
✔✔epistaxis - ✔✔nosebleed
✔✔eructation - ✔✔an act or instance of belching
✔✔erythema - ✔✔abnormal redness of the skin due to capillary congestion
✔✔etiology - ✔✔the study of the cause of disease
✔✔eupnea - ✔✔normal respiration
✔✔exacerbation - ✔✔to cause a disease or its symptoms to become more sever
✔✔expectorant - ✔✔an agent that promotes the discharge or expulsion of mucus from
the respiratory tract
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔deciduous teeth - ✔✔baby teeth; teeth that will eventually be lost during
adolescence
✔✔decubitus ulcer - ✔✔bedsore; an ulceration of tissue deprived of adequate blood
supply by prolonged pressure
✔✔deglutition - ✔✔the act of swallowing
✔✔diaphoresis - ✔✔profuse sweating
✔✔diastolic - ✔✔the lowest arterial blood pressure of a cardiac cycle occurring during
diastole of the heart
✔✔distended - ✔✔enlarged or stretched out
✔✔diuretic - ✔✔medication to increase urine excretion
✔✔dyspepsia - ✔✔indigestion; inability to digest or difficulty in digesting food
, ✔✔dysphagia - ✔✔difficulty in swallowing
✔✔dysphasia - ✔✔loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as
a result of injury to or disease of the brain
✔✔dystrophy - ✔✔a condition produced by faulty nutrition; any myogenic atrophy
✔✔ecchymosis - ✔✔bruise; the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood
vessels marked by a livid black and blue or purple spot or area
✔✔edema - ✔✔an abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or
in a serous cavity; also called dropsy
✔✔edentulous - ✔✔without teeth
✔✔effusion - ✔✔the escape of fluid from anatomical vessels by rupture or exudation
✔✔emesis - ✔✔vomiting; an act or instance of disgorging the contents of the stomach
through the mouth
✔✔emetic - ✔✔substance that induces vomiting
✔✔endemic - ✔✔restricted or peculiar to a locality or region
✔✔enuresis - ✔✔an involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine
✔✔episiotomy - ✔✔surgical enlargement of the vulval orifice for obstetrical purposes
during parturition
✔✔epistaxis - ✔✔nosebleed
✔✔eructation - ✔✔an act or instance of belching
✔✔erythema - ✔✔abnormal redness of the skin due to capillary congestion
✔✔etiology - ✔✔the study of the cause of disease
✔✔eupnea - ✔✔normal respiration
✔✔exacerbation - ✔✔to cause a disease or its symptoms to become more sever
✔✔expectorant - ✔✔an agent that promotes the discharge or expulsion of mucus from
the respiratory tract
