HOSA Bowl 2025 Exam Questions
and Answers
What is emesis? - ✔✔vomiting
What is the term for red blood cell? - ✔✔erythrocyte
Definition of diagnosis - ✔✔the state of complete knowledge
Term for paleness - ✔✔palor
suffix for pain - ✔✔-algia
prefix meaning bad or difficult - ✔✔dys-
definition of
-ectomy - ✔✔removal of an anatomical structure
Term meaning excessive or above normal - ✔✔hyper-
definition of hypo- - ✔✔less than normal
suffix meaning inflammation - ✔✔-itis
-osis - ✔✔abnormal condition
-Ostomy - ✔✔surgically create an opening
suffix for cutting into - ✔✔-otomy
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, Plasty - ✔✔surgical repair
-rrhage - ✔✔abnormal flow, excessive
-rrhaphy - ✔✔suture
-rrhea - ✔✔flow or discharge
-rrhexis - ✔✔rupture
-scleriosis - ✔✔hardening
Abdominocentesis: - ✔✔removing fluid from abdominal cavity
abdomino- - ✔✔abdominal
-centesis - ✔✔puncturing
acronym - ✔✔a way to shorten something
acute - ✔✔having rapid onset; not chronic
angiography - ✔✔x-ray of blood or lymphatic vessels
appendectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the appendix
arteriosclerosis - ✔✔hardening of arteries
arteri/o - ✔✔artery
arthralgia - ✔✔pain in the joints
What is a surgical opening in the colon? - ✔✔colostomy
What is bluish gray skin? - ✔✔cyanosis
dermatologist - ✔✔specialist in treatment of skin
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and Answers
What is emesis? - ✔✔vomiting
What is the term for red blood cell? - ✔✔erythrocyte
Definition of diagnosis - ✔✔the state of complete knowledge
Term for paleness - ✔✔palor
suffix for pain - ✔✔-algia
prefix meaning bad or difficult - ✔✔dys-
definition of
-ectomy - ✔✔removal of an anatomical structure
Term meaning excessive or above normal - ✔✔hyper-
definition of hypo- - ✔✔less than normal
suffix meaning inflammation - ✔✔-itis
-osis - ✔✔abnormal condition
-Ostomy - ✔✔surgically create an opening
suffix for cutting into - ✔✔-otomy
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY OLIVIA WEST, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Plasty - ✔✔surgical repair
-rrhage - ✔✔abnormal flow, excessive
-rrhaphy - ✔✔suture
-rrhea - ✔✔flow or discharge
-rrhexis - ✔✔rupture
-scleriosis - ✔✔hardening
Abdominocentesis: - ✔✔removing fluid from abdominal cavity
abdomino- - ✔✔abdominal
-centesis - ✔✔puncturing
acronym - ✔✔a way to shorten something
acute - ✔✔having rapid onset; not chronic
angiography - ✔✔x-ray of blood or lymphatic vessels
appendectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the appendix
arteriosclerosis - ✔✔hardening of arteries
arteri/o - ✔✔artery
arthralgia - ✔✔pain in the joints
What is a surgical opening in the colon? - ✔✔colostomy
What is bluish gray skin? - ✔✔cyanosis
dermatologist - ✔✔specialist in treatment of skin
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY OLIVIA WEST, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
