HOSA bowl Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
aesthetics - ✔✔the way something looks
afebrile - ✔✔lacking fever
ambulate - ✔✔to walk
anabolism - ✔✔the constructive part of metabolism concerned especially with
macromolecular synthesis
analgesic - ✔✔an agent for producing analgesia (insensibility to pain without loss of
consciousness)
aneurysm - ✔✔an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery due to
weakness in the wall of the blood vessel
angina - ✔✔a disease marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain; chest
pain
anorexia - ✔✔loss of appetite especially when prolonged
anticoagulant - ✔✔a substance that hinders coagulation and especially coagulation of
the blood
antiemetic - ✔✔substance used to prevent vomiting
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,antipyretic - ✔✔substance used to prevent, remove, or allay fever
antitussive - ✔✔cough suppressant
antrum - ✔✔a cavity within a bone or hollow organ
anuria - ✔✔absence of or defective urine secretion
apraxia - ✔✔loss or impairment of the ability to execute complex coordinated
movements without muscular or sensory impairment
articulate - ✔✔consisting of segments united by joints; jointed
asymptomatic - ✔✔lacking symptoms
ataxia - ✔✔an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements that is
symptomatic of some nervous disorders
atelectasis - ✔✔collapse of the expanded lung, can also be defective expansion of the
pulmonary alveoli at birth
athetosis - ✔✔a nervous disorder that is marked by continual slow movements
especially of the extremities and is usually due to a brain lesion
atrophy - ✔✔decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
auscultation - ✔✔the act of listening to sounds arising within organs as an aid to dx and
tx
benign - ✔✔of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
biopsy - ✔✔the removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body
blepharoptosis - ✔✔a drooping or abnormal relaxation of the upper eyelid
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, bolus - ✔✔a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly
achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream
borborygmus - ✔✔a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestine
bruit - ✔✔murmur; abnormal sound heard in auscultation
bruxism - ✔✔the habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding the teeth especially in
situations of stress or during sleep
buccal - ✔✔relating to the cheek
bulla - ✔✔a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence; a large vesicle or blister
cannula - ✔✔a small tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel
carbuncle - ✔✔a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with
multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead
tissue; larger than a boil
carcinogen - ✔✔a substance or agent causing cancer
catabolism - ✔✔destructive metabolism involving the release of energy and resulting in
the breakdown of complex materials within the organism
caudal - ✔✔towards the feet
cauterization - ✔✔using heat to sear a wound
cheilits - ✔✔inflammation of the lip
cholecystectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the gallbladder
choledocholithotomy - ✔✔surgical incision of the common bile duct for removal of a
gallstone
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and Answers
aesthetics - ✔✔the way something looks
afebrile - ✔✔lacking fever
ambulate - ✔✔to walk
anabolism - ✔✔the constructive part of metabolism concerned especially with
macromolecular synthesis
analgesic - ✔✔an agent for producing analgesia (insensibility to pain without loss of
consciousness)
aneurysm - ✔✔an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery due to
weakness in the wall of the blood vessel
angina - ✔✔a disease marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain; chest
pain
anorexia - ✔✔loss of appetite especially when prolonged
anticoagulant - ✔✔a substance that hinders coagulation and especially coagulation of
the blood
antiemetic - ✔✔substance used to prevent vomiting
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,antipyretic - ✔✔substance used to prevent, remove, or allay fever
antitussive - ✔✔cough suppressant
antrum - ✔✔a cavity within a bone or hollow organ
anuria - ✔✔absence of or defective urine secretion
apraxia - ✔✔loss or impairment of the ability to execute complex coordinated
movements without muscular or sensory impairment
articulate - ✔✔consisting of segments united by joints; jointed
asymptomatic - ✔✔lacking symptoms
ataxia - ✔✔an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements that is
symptomatic of some nervous disorders
atelectasis - ✔✔collapse of the expanded lung, can also be defective expansion of the
pulmonary alveoli at birth
athetosis - ✔✔a nervous disorder that is marked by continual slow movements
especially of the extremities and is usually due to a brain lesion
atrophy - ✔✔decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
auscultation - ✔✔the act of listening to sounds arising within organs as an aid to dx and
tx
benign - ✔✔of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
biopsy - ✔✔the removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body
blepharoptosis - ✔✔a drooping or abnormal relaxation of the upper eyelid
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, bolus - ✔✔a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly
achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream
borborygmus - ✔✔a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestine
bruit - ✔✔murmur; abnormal sound heard in auscultation
bruxism - ✔✔the habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding the teeth especially in
situations of stress or during sleep
buccal - ✔✔relating to the cheek
bulla - ✔✔a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence; a large vesicle or blister
cannula - ✔✔a small tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel
carbuncle - ✔✔a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with
multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead
tissue; larger than a boil
carcinogen - ✔✔a substance or agent causing cancer
catabolism - ✔✔destructive metabolism involving the release of energy and resulting in
the breakdown of complex materials within the organism
caudal - ✔✔towards the feet
cauterization - ✔✔using heat to sear a wound
cheilits - ✔✔inflammation of the lip
cholecystectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the gallbladder
choledocholithotomy - ✔✔surgical incision of the common bile duct for removal of a
gallstone
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