medical terminology Crossword Puzzles
Medical Terminology #6 - Endocrine System 2024-03-12
Across
- organic compounds required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body
- medications that cause increased urine production
- underactive thyroid gland; underproduction of thyroid hormones
- serve administrative tasks that involve patient record-keeping.
- an inorganic substance needed by the human body for good health
- extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.
- less than; lacking
- physicians who specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions of endocrine glands
- more than; excessive
- a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired
- experts in promoting health and managing disease using food and nutrition.
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- inserting needle into a vein to draw blood, administer medication, or insert an IV
- procedure of performing venipuncture to take a blood sample from a vein
- over the counter
- overactive thyroid gland; overproduction of thyroid hormones
- chemical messengers in the body carried through the blood
- relating to disease caused by antibodies produced against substances naturally present in the body.
- made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
- blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart
- many; multiple
20 Clues: many; multiple • over the counter • less than; lacking • more than; excessive • medications that cause increased urine production • blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart • chemical messengers in the body carried through the blood • overactive thyroid gland; overproduction of thyroid hormones • underactive thyroid gland; underproduction of thyroid hormones • ...
Medical Terminology 14 and 15 2023-10-19
Across
- child foot
- x-ray of a joint taken after the injection of a contrast medium into the joint
- a normal posterior curve of the thoracic spine that can be exaggerated in disease
- an incomplete dislocation in which some contact between the joint surface remains.
- four
- inflammation of bone tissue
- fixed source of a muscle at its attachment to bone
- creation of a new bone
- tissue consisting of contractile cells.
- the loss or removal of a body part
- from or take away.
- an injury of the ligaments around a joint
- an abnormal teteral curvature of the vertebral column.
- specialty concerned with a diagnoses and treatment of disorders and injuries of the foot.
- the ability to walk place to place
- inside within
- process of removing a limb
Down
- a close sack containing snova fluid
- therapeutic restoration of an ability to function before
- growth
- a mass of something
- pathologic death of cells or tissue
- fixation or stiffening of a joint by surgery.
- many
- excessive, many
- fracture
- maker and fitter of orthopedic appliances
- development
- pertaining to the buttock
- spinal cord, bone marrow
- destroys, destruction.
- covered bone that forms the enteriar part of the pectoral gridle.
- after, subsequent to beyond
- fibrous band that connects muscle to bone
- deficient
- around
- overstretch or tear in a muscle or tendon
- fatty blood forming tissue in the cavities of a long bone.
- to or toward
39 Clues: many • four • growth • around • fracture • deficient • child foot • development • to or toward • inside within • excessive, many • from or take away. • a mass of something • creation of a new bone • destroys, destruction. • spinal cord, bone marrow • pertaining to the buttock • process of removing a limb • inflammation of bone tissue • after, subsequent to beyond • the loss or removal of a body part • ...
DV 1 Medical Terminology Crossword 2024-05-16
25 Clues: skin • gums • nose • liver • brain • heart • joint • gland • tumor • kidney • eyelid • vessel • stomach • removal • disease • study of • intestine • condition • softening • specialist • enlargement • cutting into • inflammation • surgicalrepair • involuntarily contraction
Medical Terminology Mid-Term Review 2025-12-05
Across
- Secondary bone cancer
- Abduction
- Greenstick fracture
- Hemiplegia
- non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Hypoperfusion
- ACE inhibitor
- Endocardium
- Sarcopenia
- Synovectomy
- Polymyositis
- Spasm
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
Down
- Tendolysis
- Parasite
- oxygen therapy
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Craniotomy
- Phlebitis
- peritoneum Thrombus
- Adduction
- disorder Raynaud’s disease
- Circumduction
- Blood dyscrasia
- Sports Medicine Physician
25 Clues: Spasm • Parasite • Abduction • Phlebitis • Adduction • Tendolysis • Craniotomy • Hemiplegia • Sarcopenia • Endocardium • Synovectomy • Polymyositis • Hypoperfusion • ACE inhibitor • Circumduction • oxygen therapy • Blood dyscrasia • Hodgkin’s lymphoma • Greenstick fracture • Secondary bone cancer • non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma • Chronic fatigue syndrome • Sports Medicine Physician • ...
Medical Terminology - Week 4 Terms 2025-02-04
Across
- bone-forming cells
- broken bone that does not break through the skin
- broken bone that breaks through the skin
- duct; small opening
- crooked; bent
- sac
- vertebra; spine
- ankle
- chest
- rib
- joint
- skull
- mature bone cells
Down
- formation and development of blood cells
- bone marrow
- fluid-filled sac on the sides of the joint to help with friction
- porous bone usually at the epiphysis;surrounded by dense tissue
- foot
- holes in the bone for blood vessels and nerves to pass through
- wrist
- end of a long bone
- cartilage
- junction between the bones of the skull
- bone
- clear, thick fluid that helps to lubricate a joint
- spongy tissue in the middle of long bones to help store fat
- straight
- dense bone used to create the hard structure of the skeleton
- absorb bone tissue during growth/healing
- spongy tissue inside long bones that help produce blood cells
30 Clues: sac • rib • foot • bone • wrist • ankle • chest • joint • skull • straight • cartilage • bone marrow • crooked; bent • vertebra; spine • mature bone cells • bone-forming cells • end of a long bone • duct; small opening • junction between the bones of the skull • formation and development of blood cells • broken bone that breaks through the skin • absorb bone tissue during growth/healing • ...
ROOTS, SUFFIXES, PREFIXES; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 2025-09-24
Across
- bucc/bucco
- process of writing
- love of
- arthr/arthro
- aer/aero
- pain
- andr/andro
- surgical removal
- seizure/attack
- cardi/cardio
- life
- carcin/carcino and onco
- against
Down
- treatment/procedure
- vas/vaso or angi/angio
- one who studies
- self
- stop/still
- arteri/arterio
- fear of
- inflammation
- producing/generated by
- brady
- adip/lip/steat
- Aden/adeno
25 Clues: self • pain • life • brady • love of • fear of • against • aer/aero • bucc/bucco • stop/still • andr/andro • Aden/adeno • arthr/arthro • inflammation • cardi/cardio • arteri/arterio • seizure/attack • adip/lip/steat • one who studies • surgical removal • process of writing • treatment/procedure • vas/vaso or angi/angio • producing/generated by • carcin/carcino and onco
Medical Terminology Crossword: Appendicular Skeleton 2025-10-26
Across
- The forearm bone on the side of the little finger that forms the elbow joint with the humerus.
- girdle The set of bones, including the clavicles and scapulae, that attach the upper limbs to the trunk.
- skeleton The portion of the skeleton that forms the central axis of the body, including the skull, spine, and rib cage.
- girdle The pair of hip bones that connect the lower limbs to the spine and support the weight of the upper body.
- cavity The space within a joint that contains synovial fluid to lubricate and protect the bones.
- A tough cord of connective tissue that attaches muscles to bones and enables movement.
- The slender bone located alongside the tibia in the lower leg that provides support and stability.
- A small fluid-filled sac located near a joint that reduces friction between moving structures.
- The broad, upper portion of the hip bone that forms the largest part of the pelvic girdle.
- The small, triangular bone that covers and protects the knee joint, also called the kneecap.
- The thigh bone, which is the longest and strongest bone in the body.
- The large, weight-bearing bone in the lower leg, commonly called the shinbone.
- (toes) The bones in the toes, with three in each toe and two in the big toe, that help with balance and walking.
- The lower, back portion of the hip bone that supports body weight when sitting.
- A long, slender bone also known as the collarbone, which connects the shoulder to the sternum.
- The flat, triangular bone located on the upper back that forms the shoulder blade.
- The forearm bone located on the thumb side that rotates around the ulna to allow hand movement.
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- joint A freely movable joint that contains a fluid-filled cavity to reduce friction.
- The front portion of the hip bone that joins with the other side at the pubic symphysis.
- The eight small bones that make up the wrist and allow for flexible movement of the hand.
- A strong band of connective tissue that connects bones to other bones at a joint.
- The bony projection at the top of the scapula that forms the highest point of the shoulder.
- skeleton The part of the skeleton that includes all the bones of the arms, legs, and the girdles that attach them to the trunk.
- A flexible connective tissue found at the ends of bones in joints, providing cushioning and smooth movement.
- The seven bones in the ankle that help form the heel and support foot movement.
- The five bones in the palm of the hand that connect the wrist to the fingers.
- The deep, cup-shaped socket in the hip bone that holds the head of the femur.
- The long bone in the upper arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.
- The five long bones in the foot that connect the ankle to the toes.
- (fingers) The bones of the fingers, with three in each finger and two in the thumb.
30 Clues: The five long bones in the foot that connect the ankle to the toes. • The thigh bone, which is the longest and strongest bone in the body. • The long bone in the upper arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. • The five bones in the palm of the hand that connect the wrist to the fingers. • ...
Greek and Latin Roots 2022-11-08
16 Clues: to end • hubbub • to grow • with end • beginning • very small • permissive • safe places • very curious • never ending • work together • causing death • special words • without boundaries • keep something within limits • doing something without asking
Medical Terminology Chapters 11 & 12 2017-05-16
Across
- Decreased carbon dioxide in tissues
- Surgical puncture of the thorax
- Surgical removal of the appendix
- Bucc/o
- Painful or difficulty breathing
- Wave-like contractions f the organ walls
- Surgical repair of the gallbladder
- Process of chewing
- Opening between the vocal cords
- Material eliminated from respiratory tract by coughing or clearing throat
- Within the pleura
- Bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen
- Hormone that stimulates red blood cell production
- Plastic repair of the pharynx
- Membrane that lines the abdominal cavity
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- Red blood cell
- Pertaining to the larynx
- White patches on mucous membranes
- First portion of small intestine
- Between the ribs
- Excessive muscle tone
- Surgical removal of the lung
- Accumulation of pus in a body cavity; pyothorax
- Irregular breathing pattern seen in terminally ill patients
- Surgical fixation of the stomach
- Inflammation of the bronchus
- Dilatation of the bronchus
- Within the trachea
- Narrowing of a bronchus
- Surgical creation of passage between esophagus and stomach
- Lingu/o
- How easily the lungs expand under pressure
32 Clues: Bucc/o • Lingu/o • Red blood cell • Between the ribs • Within the pleura • Within the trachea • Process of chewing • Excessive muscle tone • Narrowing of a bronchus • Pertaining to the larynx • Dilatation of the bronchus • Surgical removal of the lung • Inflammation of the bronchus • Plastic repair of the pharynx • Surgical puncture of the thorax • Painful or difficulty breathing • ...
Medical Specialties/Terminology/Soft Skills 2020-09-02
Across
- /helpful way of giving positive feedback that provides specific, actionable suggestions to help you grow.
- /Helps patients return to optimal function after disease or injury
- /Kidney specialist
- /Suffix for "one who studies or an expert"
- /the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
- /Suffix for "study of"
- /Treat excessive or deficient levels of hormones which regulate glandular function
- /to stand in someone else's shoes and feel/see their perspective
- /Treats problems and diseases of older adults
- /the principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy of reward
- /This large population of people are increasing in age and entering medicare
- /Specialist who studies diseases in the body.
- / Screening and testing to prevent disease
- /Treat pain by inserting needles under skin at meridians or channels
- /Treats disorders of foot
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- /Specialist or expert of the heart
- /nerves + eyes + the study of
- /kidney + inflammation
- /Practices under supervision of a physician State law governs amount of responsibility allowed
- /Replacing paper records
- /Diseases of skin, hair and nails
- /This healthcare trend deals with the following aging population
- /Prefix for tumor or cancer
- /the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
- /stomach + inflammation
- /Doctor for children
- /To feel sorry for another person
27 Clues: /Kidney specialist • /Doctor for children • /kidney + inflammation • /Suffix for "study of" • /stomach + inflammation • /Replacing paper records • /Treats disorders of foot • /Prefix for tumor or cancer • /nerves + eyes + the study of • /To feel sorry for another person • /Specialist or expert of the heart • /Diseases of skin, hair and nails • ...
Medical Terminology, Suffixes and Prefixes 2021-10-24
Across
- capable of being transmitted from host to host.
- Excessive urination
- temporary cessation of breathing
- Cancer of the white blood cells
- Cancerous tumor of connective tissue
- cutting an air/drainage opening to the trachea
- process of complete knowledge
- Nerve pain
- removal of living tissue for examination
- pertaining to the lungs
- not connected with the lungs
- lack of water will cause this
- when you're cutting into an animal you're making an
Down
- behind the lower jaw
- rupture of the heart
- abnormally fast heartbeat
- Disease of the nervous system generally found by the occurrence of seizures
- persistently high blood pressure
- ability to spread from infected to susceptible hosts
- forecast of the likely course of disease
- located away from the normal position
- pertaining to the ventricles of the heart or brain
- surgical incision of the eyelid
- abnormally slow heartbeat
- pertaining to the first week of birth
- Pain in the stomach indicates
26 Clues: Nerve pain • Excessive urination • behind the lower jaw • rupture of the heart • pertaining to the lungs • abnormally fast heartbeat • abnormally slow heartbeat • not connected with the lungs • process of complete knowledge • Pain in the stomach indicates • lack of water will cause this • Cancer of the white blood cells • surgical incision of the eyelid • ...
Medical Terminology - The Nervous System 2014-10-07
Across
- DEEP sleep
- matter (gray) in spinal cord or brain
- inflammation of meninges
- reoccurring seizures
- meaning four
- strength
- samples of CSF are examined
- meaning abnormal (in this chapter)
- arterial blood vessels viewed via x-ray
- seizure
- CSF is take from between lumbar vertebrae
Down
- multiple images of brain and spinal cord are generated by computer
- myelin sheath is replaced with hard tissue
- nerve
- stroke
- electrical activity in brain is recorded
- meaning action
- brain disorder; dementia
- numbness or sleep
- to cut off or cut short
20 Clues: nerve • stroke • seizure • strength • DEEP sleep • meaning four • meaning action • numbness or sleep • reoccurring seizures • to cut off or cut short • inflammation of meninges • brain disorder; dementia • samples of CSF are examined • meaning abnormal (in this chapter) • matter (gray) in spinal cord or brain • arterial blood vessels viewed via x-ray • electrical activity in brain is recorded • ...
Medical Terminology Chapters 1-5 2016-04-17
Across
- Difficulty in swallowing.
- Moving toward the median plane of the body
- Scraping of a body cavity with a spoon-shaped instrument. called a curette.
- Allergic reaction of the skin characterized by the eruption of pale red, elevated patches called wheels or hives.
- Dilation of a bronchus.
- Towards the center of the body.
- Bursting forth of blood.
- Pathological state, resulting from the presence of microorganisms in the blood.
- Intense itching
- Abbreviation for "Write on label"
- Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity.
Down
- A vesicle or blister larger than 1 cm in diameter. (Ex. Second-degree burns)
- : Sweat glands
- Subjective indicator of disease.
- Tumor of the nails.
- Created when a word root is combined with a vowel.
- :Internal organs
- Localized collection of pus at the site of infection.
- Extremity
- Any fungal infection in or outside the body.
- Localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milk-white patches.
- Abnormal growths of new tissue that are classified as benign or malignant.
- Solid, elevated lesion less than 1 cm in diameter that may be the same color as the skin or pigmented. (Ex. Wart)
- Vomiting
- Abbreviation for "As needed"
- Ilium
26 Clues: Ilium • Vomiting • Extremity • : Sweat glands • Intense itching • :Internal organs • Tumor of the nails. • Dilation of a bronchus. • Bursting forth of blood. • Difficulty in swallowing. • Abbreviation for "As needed" • Towards the center of the body. • Subjective indicator of disease. • Abbreviation for "Write on label" • Moving toward the median plane of the body • ...
Medical Terminology CH.1-7 2022-09-27
Across
- Cell Carcinoma Slow growing invasive tumor of epidermal keratinocytes
- xanth/o
- degree type of burn that turns red but does not blister
- cili/o
- degree widespread thickness with a white, leathery appearance
- Lumbar region consist of the decending colon/left kideny/ and part of the spleen
- Technical term for ringworm
- genesis
- pertaining to
- bucc/o
- abbreviation for treatment
- medi/o
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- Procedure in which an instrument is introduced to the body to view internal body parts
- Melanomas invasive malignant tumors of the epidermal melanocytes
- abbreviation for biopsy
- to record graph
- General term to describe inflammation of liver
- phresis
- trans
- ia
- the middle region of the abdomen centered around the navel
- swelling
- cele
- upper central region of the abdomen
- little/small
- around
- Procedure done to measure oxygen level in the blood
- instrument to cut
- Condition in which breathing is slow or stopped
- A common viral infection
- cyte
- nucle/o
- gingiv/o
- abbreviation for diagnosis
- cervic/o
35 Clues: ia • cele • cyte • trans • cili/o • around • bucc/o • medi/o • phresis • xanth/o • genesis • nucle/o • swelling • gingiv/o • cervic/o • little/small • pertaining to • to record graph • instrument to cut • abbreviation for biopsy • A common viral infection • abbreviation for treatment • abbreviation for diagnosis • Technical term for ringworm • upper central region of the abdomen • ...
Medical Terminology (DV) Lesson 1 2023-04-24
Across
- means eyelid
- means heart
- means vessel
- means disease
- means gum
- means soft
- means tumor
- means inflammation
- means kidney
- means Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- means intestines (usu. small)
- means study of
- means skin
- means cut into
- means joint
Down
- means brain
- means stomach
- means twice per day
- means gland
- means involuntary contraction
- means enlarged
- means surgical repair
- means any condition
- means nose
- means surgical removal
- means specialist
- means history
- means liver
- means do not resuscitate
- means oxygen
30 Clues: means gum • means soft • means nose • means skin • means brain • means gland • means heart • means tumor • means liver • means joint • means eyelid • means vessel • means kidney • means oxygen • means stomach • means disease • means history • means enlarged • means study of • means cut into • means specialist • means inflammation • means twice per day • means any condition • means surgical repair • means surgical removal • ...
Medical Terminology Tic-tac-toe 2023-02-02
Across
- a line drawn vertically from the center of each clavicle
- lying face down
- the study of body structure
- referring to the palm of the hand
- a sitting position
- 4 divisions od the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury
- the back of the body or body part
- the front of the body or body part
- to the sidem away from the midline of the body
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- the study of body function
- an imaginary line drawn down the center of the body dividing it into right and left halves
- toward the midline of the body
- lying on the side
- the standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy
- a flat surface formed when slicing through a solid object
- referring to the sole of the foot
- farther away from the torso
- a word formed from two or more whole words
- on both sides
- referring to the bask of the body or the back of the hand or foot
20 Clues: on both sides • lying face down • lying on the side • a sitting position • the study of body function • the study of body structure • farther away from the torso • toward the midline of the body • referring to the sole of the foot • referring to the palm of the hand • the back of the body or body part • the front of the body or body part • a word formed from two or more whole words • ...
Medical Terminology: The Secondary Assessment 2023-04-06
Across
- a patient w/ one or more diseases or conditions
- a procedure for detecting changes in the patient's
- bulging of the neck veins
- persistent erection that may result from a spinal injury
- a description or label for a patient's condition that assists a clinician in further evaluation and treatment
- a rapid assessment of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis
- a question requiring only a "yes" or "no" answer
- something regarding the patient's condition that the patient tells you
- the grating sound or feeling of broken bones rubbing together
- a surgical incision held open by a metal or plastic tube
- a memory aid in which the letters stand for elements of the past medical history
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- a list of potential diagnoses compiled early in the assessment of the patient
- a patient suffering from one or more physical injuries
- information gathered regarding the patient's health problems in the past
- abbreviation for questions asked to get a description of the present illness
- information gathered regarding the patient's current concern
- question a question requiring more than just a "yes" or "no" answer
- movement of a part of the chest in the opposite direction to the rest of the chest during respiration
- a permanent surgical opening in the neck through which the patient breathes
- a condition of being stretched, inflated, or larger than normal
20 Clues: bulging of the neck veins • a patient w/ one or more diseases or conditions • a question requiring only a "yes" or "no" answer • a procedure for detecting changes in the patient's • a patient suffering from one or more physical injuries • persistent erection that may result from a spinal injury • a surgical incision held open by a metal or plastic tube • ...
Medical Terminology Lesson 3 Vocab 2017-09-22
25 Clues: dyn • epi • gen • trip • dent • mani • gram • cost • acro • mast • auto • supra • burso • retro • penia • hydro • desis • cephal • rhexis • strept • carcin • trophy • ptosis • glosso • rrhaphy
Medical Terminology (Chapters 1&2) 2021-02-03
Across
- Combining form used for the word fat.
- Prefix that has the definition of after, beyond, and change.
- Prefix that has the definition of new.
- Suffix for the words tumor or swelling.
- Combining form used for the word nerve.
- Combining form for the word that represents what you go to the gym to work on.
- Combining form for the word that represents the color of the sun.
- Combining form for the word the represents the color of a fire-truck.
- Combining form for the word gland.
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- Combining form for the word color.
- Combining form used for the word body.
- Combining form for the word that represents the color of cats that are known to be unlucky.
- Suffix that has the definition condition of formation, development, and growth.
- Suffix for the word that has the definition, the smaller functional unit of an organism.
- Combining form for the word that represents the central and most important part of the atom.
- Suffix for the word that represents the person you to see when you’re sick.
- Combining form for the word the represents the color of the ocean.
- Combining form for the word that describes what the heart, lungs and liver are.
- Prefix with the words above and excessive.
- Prefix with the definition through/complete.
20 Clues: Combining form for the word color. • Combining form for the word gland. • Combining form used for the word fat. • Combining form used for the word body. • Prefix that has the definition of new. • Suffix for the words tumor or swelling. • Combining form used for the word nerve. • Prefix with the words above and excessive. • Prefix with the definition through/complete. • ...
DV Medical Terminology Lesson 5 2021-09-28
25 Clues: or- • oto- • sub- • lact- • bili- • ovar- • pyle- • myco- • -pexy • anti- • onco- • spiro • onych- • squam- • macul- • vesic- • mening- • lacrim- • thorac- • sphenic- • viscero- • -centesis • toe hallux • passage cec- • column myel-
BC2 week 8 Medical Terminology 2021-05-19
Across
- Surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening between the colon and the body surface.
- A surgical puncture to obtain fluid from a body cavity.
- Prefix meaning excessive or increased.
- A surgical puncture into the abdomen to remove fluid.
- Suffix meaning surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface.
- A localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues.
- Prefix meaning bad, difficult, or painful.
- Suffix meaning flow or discharge.
- Inflammation of the tonsils.
- Death
- Medical screening to determine the priority of treatment.
- Pertaining to a virus.
- Develops after birth.
- The frequent flow of loose or watery stool.
- Suffix meaning rupture.
- Suffix meaning surgical incision.
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- Suffix meaning pertaining to viewing.
- Surgical removal of the appendix.
- Rapid onset of disease and a relatively short duration.
- Illness
- Torn, ragged wound.
- Present from birth.
- Suffix meaning surgical repair.
- Prediction of probable course and outcome of a disorder.
- Suffix that means instrument to measure.
- Pain in the stomach.
- A set of signs and symptoms that occur together.
- Abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries.
- The loss of a large amount of blood in a short time.
- Wound or injury.
- Suffix meaning pain and suffering.
- Suffix meaning surgical suturing.
32 Clues: Death • Illness • Wound or injury. • Torn, ragged wound. • Present from birth. • Pain in the stomach. • Develops after birth. • Pertaining to a virus. • Suffix meaning rupture. • Inflammation of the tonsils. • Suffix meaning surgical repair. • Surgical removal of the appendix. • Suffix meaning flow or discharge. • Suffix meaning surgical suturing. • Suffix meaning surgical incision. • ...
Medical Terminology Review 1-7 2021-05-06
28 Clues: lip • eye • body • tube • self • ties • liver • twist • kidney • nature • fungus • eyelash • binding • membrane • weakness • puncture • cartilage • expansion • suspension • intestines • to cut into • inner chamber • spinal column • abdominal wall • drooping, falling • sensation, feeling • to create an opening • loosening, destruction, break down
unit 5 lab: medical terminology 2021-10-01
Across
- heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
- Cerebrovascular accident
- cardiovascular pulmonary resuscitation
- complete stopping of the heart.
- records the electrical activity of the heart.
- condition process or method
- beyond or excess
- vessels that return blood to the heart.
- pumps blood through the system.
- the pericardial sac around the heart is inflamed.
- evaluate how well this system is functioning.
- heart failure
- specialized area of radiology
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- Left ventricular assist device
- look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrowed or have a thrombus
- uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
- small
- within
- without
- networks of small vessels that perfuse tissues.
- bring in air from the atmosphere and pass oxygen into the bloodstream.
- permanent pace maker
- vessels that deliver blood to tissues.
- increased pressure in the blood vessels.
25 Clues: small • within • without • heart failure • beyond or excess • permanent pace maker • Cerebrovascular accident • condition process or method • specialized area of radiology • Left ventricular assist device • complete stopping of the heart. • pumps blood through the system. • cardiovascular pulmonary resuscitation • vessels that deliver blood to tissues. • ...
DV Medical Terminology Lesson 7 2021-10-12
25 Clues: dura • pod- • iso- • ment- • part- • astr- • antr- • ocul- • sinus • -tope • sept- • tarso- • lapar- • dacry- • fascia • hypno- • helio- • -crine • somato- • adnexa- • malign- • trachel- • -asthenia • scler(a)- • scirr(h)-
DV Medical Terminology Lesson 9 2021-10-20
25 Clues: in • bad • lip • side • skin • twin • hand • fear • back • move • glue • small • light • digest • breast • swelling • heel, stone • finger, toe • spinal column • about, around • grain, particle • walk, take steps • pleura, rib, side • in front of, before • framework of the eyelid
Medical Terminology - Final Exam Activity 2022-04-20
Across
- A small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites
- myringitis A contagious inflammation of the eardrum
- This condition is an inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord
- A surgical puncture of the joint space to remove synovial fluid
- A change in the structure of cells and their orientation to each other
- One of the two primary thyroid hormones that influences the rate of metabolism
- This condition is characterized by hypertension, edema, and proteinuria
- Abnormal redness of the entire skin surface
- Examination technique that uses the examiner’s hands to feel the texture and location of certain body parts
Down
- The ability of the lens to bend light rays so they focus on the retina
- This hormone is secreted by the cells of the pancreatic islets to increase the amount of glucose in the blood
- A dysfunction of the urinary system where the kidney or kidneys are inflamed
- Drooping of the upper eyelid
- Cancer can __________________. This means that cancer will spread from the original site to another site within the body
- Commonly known as hiccups
- This condition is an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity between layers of the pleural membrane
- The term used to describe all diseases of the heart muscle
- Major muscle for inspiration
- Weakness or wearing away of body tissues and structures
- Lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement
- An absence of menstrual periods for 90 days or more
- A lymphatic and immune system disease also known as German measles
22 Clues: Commonly known as hiccups • Drooping of the upper eyelid • Major muscle for inspiration • Abnormal redness of the entire skin surface • myringitis A contagious inflammation of the eardrum • An absence of menstrual periods for 90 days or more • Lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement • Weakness or wearing away of body tissues and structures • ...
Medical Terminology - Final Exam Activity 2022-04-20
Across
- Examination technique that uses the examiner’s hands to feel the texture and location of certain body parts
- A small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites
- Weakness or wearing away of body tissues and structures
- This condition is characterized by hypertension, edema, and proteinuria
- This condition is an inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord
- Lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement
- This condition is an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity between layers of the pleural membrane
- The ability of the lens to bend light rays so they focus on the retina
- A lymphatic and immune system disease also known as German measles
- Commonly known as hiccups
Down
- One of the two primary thyroid hormones that influences the rate of metabolism
- The term used to describe all diseases of the heart muscle
- An absence of menstrual periods for 90 days or more
- Cancer can __________________. This means that cancer will spread from the original site to another site within the body
- Abnormal redness of the entire skin surface
- Drooping of the upper eyelid
- This hormone is secreted by the cells of the pancreatic islets to increase the amount of glucose in the blood
- A surgical puncture of the joint space to remove synovial fluid
- A dysfunction of the urinary system where the kidney or kidneys are inflamed
- A change in the structure of cells and their orientation to each other
- Major muscle for inspiration
21 Clues: Commonly known as hiccups • Drooping of the upper eyelid • Major muscle for inspiration • Abnormal redness of the entire skin surface • An absence of menstrual periods for 90 days or more • Lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement • Weakness or wearing away of body tissues and structures • The term used to describe all diseases of the heart muscle • ...
Medical Terminology Unit 5 Lab 2022-10-27
Across
- An abnormality in the heart that develops before birth
- Atrial fibrillation
- Normal
- Cardiac arrest study Hamburg
- Apart or Through
- A quick and painless test that records the electrical signals in the heart
- Damage of the brain from interruption of its blood supply
- Middle
- Coronary artery bypass graft
- Unexpected loss of heart function and breathing
- Coronary heart disease
- This type of tissue role is to circulate the blood for the transport of oxygen
- Within
- An exercise test that shows how your heart is working during physical activity
- Pull blood through your body and carry it back to your heart
- Above/over or excessive
Down
- Detects or determines the risk of irregular heartbeats
- Pumps blood through the body
- A procedure when a thin tube is passed through the blood vessels in the heart
- Transport blood nutrients and oxygen to cells in your organs and body systems
- Disease in the heart's major blood vessels
- A condition in which the force of the blood against the artery wall is too high
- Coronary artery disease
- Carry blood away from the heart
- Uses sound waves to produce images of your heart
25 Clues: Normal • Middle • Within • Apart or Through • Atrial fibrillation • Coronary heart disease • Coronary artery disease • Above/over or excessive • Pumps blood through the body • Cardiac arrest study Hamburg • Coronary artery bypass graft • Carry blood away from the heart • Disease in the heart's major blood vessels • Unexpected loss of heart function and breathing • ...
Chapter 5 Medical Terminology- Bones 2016-09-19
Across
- Ankle bone
- Shin bone
- Marrow
- Turning the palm or foot upward
- Heel Bone
- Softening of cartilage
- Turning inward
- "Funny Bone"
- Bone formation
- A wrist bone
- Thighbone
Down
- Shin Bone
- Shoulder blade
- Kneecap
- The bones of the sole of the feet
- Formation of cartilage
- Bones that make up the fingers
- The lower jawbone
- Tear in a ligament
- Breastbone
- Broken Bone
- Collarbone
22 Clues: Marrow • Kneecap • Shin Bone • Shin bone • Heel Bone • Thighbone • Ankle bone • Breastbone • Collarbone • Broken Bone • "Funny Bone" • A wrist bone • Shoulder blade • Turning inward • Bone formation • The lower jawbone • Tear in a ligament • Formation of cartilage • Softening of cartilage • Bones that make up the fingers • Turning the palm or foot upward • The bones of the sole of the feet
Medical Terminology Lesson 14 Review 2016-12-21
25 Clues: bud • dry • dead • less • form • flow • twice • apart • stand • chest • broad • beyond • middle • curved • stretch • through • nearest • to roll • slender • make, do • away from • through out • watery fluid • internal organs • burst, burst forth
Medical Terminology Lesson 14 Review 2016-12-21
25 Clues: bud • dry • dead • form • less • flow • apart • twice • stand • chest • broad • beyond • middle • curved • through • stretch • nearest • to roll • slender • make, do • away from • through out • watery fluid • internal organs • burst, burst forth
Medical Terminology Lesson 14 Review 2016-12-21
25 Clues: bud • dry • dead • less • form • flow • twice • apart • stand • chest • broad • beyond • middle • curved • stretch • through • nearest • to roll • slender • make, do • away from • through out • watery fluid • internal organs • burst, burst forth
Medical Terminology: Gas Exchange (Respiratory) 2016-10-03
Across
- slow breathing
- passing a special air-tube into the trachea
- inflammation of the throat
- collapsed lung
- pertaining to examination of the windpipe
- difficulty breathing
- inflammation of voicebox
- progressive destruction of the air sacs in the lungs and loss of respiratory membrane for oxygen exchange
- Upper Respiratory Infection
- difficulty breathing in a supine position
- spitting or coughing up blood from lungs
Down
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- fast breathing
- special X-rays of the vessels of the lungs.
- an inheritable disease that affects not only the lungs but other systems producing mucous such as the digestive system
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- without breathing
- abnormal condition of the lungs
- Tuberculosis
- inflammation of the bronchi
- instrument used to measure breaths
- fancier name for a nosebleed
- pertaining to tiny cavity
- Pulmonary Function Tests
24 Clues: Tuberculosis • fast breathing • slow breathing • collapsed lung • without breathing • difficulty breathing • inflammation of voicebox • Pulmonary Function Tests • pertaining to tiny cavity • inflammation of the throat • inflammation of the bronchi • Upper Respiratory Infection • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome • fancier name for a nosebleed • abnormal condition of the lungs • ...
Fun Facts about medical terminology 2018-07-11
Across
- separate tissues from a anatomic study
- to cut out
- inflammation of your lungs
- study and treatment of mental disorders
- a scar
- treatment of children
- determination of a disease
- plastic repair of your nose
- imaginary image
- behind the nose
- first
- displacement of the stomach
Down
- a skin disease
- very small cell
- something that occurs before it is time
- a loss of memory
- pertaining to your heart
- a specialist that studies the heart
- pertaining to the voice
- a bone of the spine
- pertaining to electricity
- abnormal function
- lack of muscle tone
- pertaining to the jaw
- the fundamental unit of a word.
25 Clues: first • a scar • to cut out • a skin disease • very small cell • imaginary image • behind the nose • a loss of memory • abnormal function • a bone of the spine • lack of muscle tone • treatment of children • pertaining to the jaw • pertaining to the voice • pertaining to your heart • pertaining to electricity • inflammation of your lungs • determination of a disease • plastic repair of your nose • ...
MOSBY'S CHAPTER 4 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 2023-05-17
20 Clues: P • N • HA • Px • MM • TX • Hx • ligament • therapist • range of motion • over the counter • postural analysis • shortness of breath • The amount of force • Client's explanation • within normal limits • Massage Therapist's findings • Evaluation, techniques used. • inflammation of connective tissue • palms, forearms, fingertips, knuckles
Unit 5 Lab: Medical Terminology 2023-12-06
Across
- Inflammation around the heart
- Abbreviation for (acute myocardial infarction)
- Disease that causes narrowing of arteries round the heart
- Suffix meaning "hardening"
- Valve on heart with 3 flaps
- Weakened artery wall, causing swelling
- Abbreviation for (premature ventricular contractions)
- Abbreviation for (Ventricular Tachycardia)
- testing Evaluates how well the hearts system is functioning
- Portable EKG Machine
- Used to measure certain items in the blood
- Inner layer of heart
- Also known as high blood pressure
Down
- Suffix meaning "pain"
- Also known as a heart attack
- Combining word meaning "fatty substance"
- Device used on heart when it is not beating properly
- Abbreviation for (Blood Pressure)
- Abbreviation for (Mitral Valve Prolapse)
- Thick walls that carry blood AWAY from heart
- Combining word meaning ventricle
- Thin wall that carry blood TOWARD the heart
- Test which breaks down to (sound),(heart),(process of recording)
- Prefix meaning "behind or backward"
- Outer layer of heart
25 Clues: Portable EKG Machine • Outer layer of heart • Inner layer of heart • Suffix meaning "pain" • Suffix meaning "hardening" • Valve on heart with 3 flaps • Also known as a heart attack • Inflammation around the heart • Combining word meaning ventricle • Abbreviation for (Blood Pressure) • Also known as high blood pressure • Prefix meaning "behind or backward" • ...
Medical Terminology game- the cooks 2023-09-19
Across
- pain in the mastoid
- removal of eye
- nerves
- electroencephalogram
- excessive desire
- history and physical
- growth center in bone
- level of consciousness
- speech
- incision into the tear sac
- arm
- peripheral nervous system
- treatment
- procedure for measuring hearing
- spinal cord
- generalized pain in the eye
- transient ischemic attack
- feet
- plates epiphyseal plates
- hard formation in the tear system
- multiple sclerosis
- the neck section of the spine
- sensation
- motion
- brain
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- nerve bundle
- cartilage
- break from reality
- central nervous system
- eye bulging from the orbit
Down
- head
- vertebra
- eyelid inflammation
- widening of a joint to move parts away from the body
- No known drug allergies
- pus draining from the eyelid
- swelling around the eyelid
- blood pressure
- vital signs
- body mass index
- ribs
- blood cells
- lower back
- review of system
- patient
- joints narrow to bring parts back toward the body
- electromyogram
- joints
- attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- primary care provider
- bone
- smaller bones that connect together in the spine
- drooping around the eyelid
- chest/upper back section of the spine
- dizziness
- area between the end of the bones
- past medical history
- head
59 Clues: arm • head • ribs • feet • bone • head • brain • nerves • speech • joints • motion • patient • vertebra • treatment • sensation • dizziness • cartilage • lower back • vital signs • blood cells • spinal cord • nerve bundle • removal of eye • blood pressure • electromyogram • body mass index • excessive desire • review of system • multiple sclerosis • break from reality • pain in the mastoid • eyelid inflammation • electroencephalogram • ...
Medical Terminology- The Basics I 2023-10-23
Across
- High; above normal,elevated
- Stomach
- Inside; inner; interior
- Middle
- Vascular
- Next to; besides; adjacent
- Small; not visible to the naked eye
- Two; double
- Enzyme
- Oxygen
- Color
- Arteries
- Slow
- Intestines
- Across
- Nerve
- Green
- Pressure
- Low; below normal; decreased
- Three; triple
- Peritoneum
- Kidney
- Absent; lacking
- Large; larger than average
- Gallbladder
- Air
- Large; visible to the naked eye
- Colon/Large Intestine
- Few; several; very little
- Skeleton; Bone
- Abdominal
- Nearby
Down
- Muscle
- Red
- Head
- Body
- Single; singular/single
- Liver
- Around
- Four; quadruple
- Carbon Dioxide
- Blue
- Outside; outer; exterior
- Black
- Between
- To separate
- Away
- Rapid; fast
- Cell/cellular
- Muscle
- Adrenal Gland
- Study of
- Neck
- Love of
- Normal
- Chest
- All
- Pelvic
- Many; a lot
- Skim/dermis
- White
- Venous
- Blood
- Cell
- Spleen
- Fear of
- Toward
- Bone
- Yellow
- Through; complete
- Pancreas
71 Clues: Red • All • Air • Head • Body • Blue • Away • Slow • Neck • Cell • Bone • Liver • Black • Color • Nerve • Green • Chest • White • Blood • Muscle • Around • Middle • Enzyme • Oxygen • Muscle • Across • Normal • Pelvic • Kidney • Venous • Spleen • Toward • Yellow • Nearby • Stomach • Between • Love of • Fear of • Vascular • Arteries • Study of • Pressure • Pancreas • Abdominal • Intestines • Peritoneum • Two; double • To separate • Rapid; fast • Many; a lot • Skim/dermis • Gallbladder • Cell/cellular • ...
Medical Terminology - Musculoskeletal System Vocabulary 2023-10-14
Across
- pertaining to the lower pelvic bone
- rib pain
- pertaining to the ribs and cartilage
- excision of one or more ankle (tarsal) bones
- excision of a bursa
- surgical repair of the tendon and muscle
- pertaining to bother lower arm bones (medial and lateral)
- developing bone cell (embryonic)
- fissure of the skull
- inflammation of the meniscus
- pertaining to the sacrum
- surgical repair of the skull
- pertaining to the collarbone
- inflammation of a bursa
- difficult movement
- excision of the maxilla
- suturing of fascia
- suture of a tendon
- process of recording the electrical activity of a muscle
- pertaining to below the breast bone
- inflammation of muscle
- record of a joint
- excision of a rib
- inflammation of muscle and fascia
- disease of a bursa
- pertaining to the lower lateral forearm bone
- pertaining to the medial lower leg bone
- pertaining to the shoulder blade
- pertaining to a finger or toe bone
- inflammation of the bone and bone marrow
- surgical repair of a cartilage
- tumor of the bone and fibrous tissue
- pertaining to the lower back
- pertaining to the lower jaw bone
- inflammation of the vertebral joints
- pertaining to the low back and sacrum
- inflammation of the bone and cartilage
Down
- slow movement
- tumor of bone
- abnormal condition of the vertebra
- inflammation of fascia
- softening of the skull
- surgical fracture of the ankle (used to treat clubfoot)
- tendon pain
- surgical breaking of a joint
- decrease in movement
- surgical puncture of a joint to aspirate fluid
- pertaining to the vertebrae and ribs
- abnormal reduction of bone mass
- x-ray filming of a joint
- inflammation of the maxilla
- excision of a finger or toe bone
- incision into fascia
- excision of the synovial membrane
- pertaining to the upper arm bone
- pertaining to between the vertebrae
- pertaining to above the shoulder blade
- pertaining to the upper pelvic bone
- inflammation of the tendon and synovial membrane
- incision into a muscle
- pertaining to a bone of the ankle
- pertaining to the anterior pelvic bone
- bone pain
- incision into the vertebral column
- fusion together of the spine (spinal fusion)
- surgical repair of the vertebra
- inflammation of a tendon
- softening of cartilage
- record of the electric activity in a muscle
- without development
- surgical repair of the muscle
- death of bone tissues
- excision of an intervertebral disk
- pain in bones of the foot
- pertaining to the lower lateral leg bone
- connective tissue tumor of the bone
- bone cell
- tumor of the bone marrow
- congenital fissure of the vertebral (spina bifida)
- incision into the skull
- pertaining to the bones of the foot
81 Clues: rib pain • bone pain • bone cell • tendon pain • slow movement • tumor of bone • record of a joint • excision of a rib • difficult movement • suturing of fascia • suture of a tendon • disease of a bursa • excision of a bursa • without development • decrease in movement • fissure of the skull • incision into fascia • death of bone tissues • inflammation of fascia • softening of the skull • ...
Gia's Medical Terminology Crossword puzzle 2024-09-03
Across
- the wrist is _ to the hand
- turning the arm downward
- another term for going into an operation
- the lowering of your shoulders
- swelling in the joint
- the hamstring is _ to the quad
- kneecaps are on the _ part of your body
- certain times a day
- happens right there
- the rising of your shoulders
- straightening of the elbow
- bending of the knee
- swelling in the tissue
- amount of motion in that joint
- a _ is the stretching/tearing of the ligaments
- bending of the knees outwards
Down
- excessive extension of that part
- new injury
- The head is _ to the neck
- Laying face up
- bending of the knees inwards
- a bruise
- the skin _ to the muscle
- pain felt somewhere else than its original spot
- separation at ends of joint
- Laying face down
- the ears are _ to the nose
- the moving of the jaw inward
- the elbow is _ to the shoulder
- turning the arm upward
- the sound when cracking your back
- the chest is _ to the arm
- body's response to being injured
- _ are things a doctor ask that your having before confirming your diagnosis
- given to you to cure a symptom
35 Clues: a bruise • new injury • Laying face up • Laying face down • certain times a day • happens right there • bending of the knee • swelling in the joint • turning the arm upward • swelling in the tissue • turning the arm downward • the skin _ to the muscle • The head is _ to the neck • the chest is _ to the arm • the wrist is _ to the hand • the ears are _ to the nose • straightening of the elbow • ...
Medical Terminology Week #6 Terms 2025-02-18
20 Clues: pus • fat • heat • skin • hair • cold • blue • nail • scaly • below • gland • black • death • redness • oil;sebum • upon;above • blood vessel • pertaining to • another word for skin • methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (abbreviation)
Medical Terminology: week #11 terms 2025-03-23
Across
- self
- the body's ability to resist disease
- tissue fluid; found in the spaces between cells
- infections by pathogens in people with weakened immune systems
- severe, sometimes fatal, allergic reaction
- tissue
- false; fake
- inflammation
- against
- the ability to not be affected by something
- when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks normal tissue
- structures that transport excess fluid back into the circulatory system
- cancer
Down
- an antigen injected into a person in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
- sac-like mass of lymphatic tissue located in the left abdominal cavity, just below the diaphragm
- lymphatic and endocrine gland that produces lymphocytes; most active during the neonatal and pre-adolescent periods
- a substance that induces an immune response in the body
- between
- lymph
- a substance that causes an allergic reaction
- poisonous
- breakdown; dissolve
- small
- disease
- gland
- straw-colored fluid that goes between capillary blood and tissues
- above normal; excessive; high
- deficiency
- producing/causing
- thymus
- white
- within
- masses of lymphatic tissue that produce lymphocytes
- spleen
- swelling
- chemical
- protection
37 Clues: self • lymph • small • gland • white • tissue • thymus • within • spleen • cancer • between • disease • against • swelling • chemical • poisonous • deficiency • protection • false; fake • inflammation • producing/causing • breakdown; dissolve • above normal; excessive; high • the body's ability to resist disease • severe, sometimes fatal, allergic reaction • the ability to not be affected by something • ...
Musculoskeletal System — Medical Terminology Crossword 2025-05-12
Across
- Larger bone of the lower leg (shin bone)
- Stretching or tearing of muscles or tendons
- Connects bone to bone
- Forearm bone on the little finger side
- The bones that make up the spine
- Collarbone
- Breastbone
- Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- Condition where bones become weak and brittle
- Thigh bone, the longest bone in the body
- Stretching or tearing of ligaments
- Flexible connective tissue found in joints
- Forearm bone on the thumb side
- A point where two or more bones meet
- Excessive outward curvature of the spine (hunchback)
Down
- Fluid-filled sac that reduces friction in joints
- Smaller bone of the lower leg
- Cartilage in the knee joint that absorbs shock
- Upper arm bone
- Fluid that lubricates joints
- Tissue that contracts to produce movement
- A rigid organ that forms part of the skeleton
- Kneecap
- Hip bone
- A break in the bone
- Shoulder blade
- Displacement of a bone from its joint
- Connects muscle to bone
- Excessive inward curvature of the lower spine
- Inflammation of a joint
30 Clues: Kneecap • Hip bone • Collarbone • Breastbone • Upper arm bone • Shoulder blade • A break in the bone • Connects bone to bone • Connects muscle to bone • Inflammation of a joint • Fluid that lubricates joints • Smaller bone of the lower leg • Forearm bone on the thumb side • The bones that make up the spine • Stretching or tearing of ligaments • A point where two or more bones meet • ...
⚕️Medical Terminology Crossword 🧬 2025-10-03
Across
- Below normal, deficient.
- Excessive, above normal.
- Abnormally fast heart rate.
- Type of white blood cell involved in adaptive immunity.
- Used to close a wound or surgical incision.
- Tumor, mass.
- aka Windpipe.
- Inflammation.
- Imaging technique used to visualize internal structures.
Down
- Flow, discharge.
- Difficult, abnormal.
- Removal of tissue for diagnostic examination.
- Removes waste products from the blood when kidneys fail.
- prevents food from entering the trachea during swallowing.
- Inflammation of the liver.
- Within, inner.
- Oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells.
- Slow.
- Surgical repair.
- Blood condition.
20 Clues: Slow. • Tumor, mass. • aka Windpipe. • Inflammation. • Within, inner. • Flow, discharge. • Surgical repair. • Blood condition. • Difficult, abnormal. • Below normal, deficient. • Excessive, above normal. • Inflammation of the liver. • Abnormally fast heart rate. • Used to close a wound or surgical incision. • Removal of tissue for diagnostic examination. • ...
Medical Terminology - Week #3 terms 2025-09-04
Across
- of, relating to, or lying in the mouth; cheek area
- back side
- towards the side
- referring to mucous membrane
- lining of a body cavity
- farthest from the point of attachment
- elastic-like fibers found in connective tissue
- relating to the inside of the body
- at right angles to a given plane
- front side
- of, relating to, or lying in the mouth
- lining of the abdominal cavity
- the space in the chest between the pleural sacs of the lungs
- band/sheet of fibrous membranes covering, binding, and supporting a muscle
- pertaining to the skin
- above
- to divide into equal parts
- a cut made through the body in the direction of a certain plane
- the study of the structure of an organism
- to transplant tissues into a body part to replace damaged tissue
- to deposit mineral salts
- a lubricating substance produced by the synovial membrane that lines joint cavities
Down
- tissue that lines surfaces or spaces leading to outside of the body
- of or relating to the head; head region
- extending in the same direction, but not meeting
- group of organs functioning together, within one or more body systems, and located in one similar area of the body
- relating to the stomach
- thin, watery body fluid
- the study of cells
- fibrous protein occurring in bones and cartilage
- another word for back side
- navel; abdominal depression marking the former point of attachment of the umbilical cord
- towards the midline
- the study of small tissues, organs, and cells that cannot be seen with the naked eye
- imaginary dividing line useful for separating body structures
- membrane covering each organ in a body cavity
- closest to the point of attachment
- another word for front side
- relating to an outer part
- below
- the study of the functions of organisms and their parts
- the microscopic study of living tissues
42 Clues: below • above • back side • front side • towards the side • the study of cells • towards the midline • pertaining to the skin • relating to the stomach • thin, watery body fluid • lining of a body cavity • to deposit mineral salts • relating to an outer part • another word for back side • to divide into equal parts • another word for front side • referring to mucous membrane • ...
Medical Terminology Ch 4&5 2026-01-09
Across
- drug that removes pain and induces sleep
- removal of a limb
- excessive enlargement of a muscle
- surgical repair of the bursa
- A blood test performed to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis
- break in the bone
- recording of a muscle contraction due to electrical simulation
- drug that relieves pain
- a fracture that does not penetrate the skin
- softening of cartilage
- a medical test that uses a powerful magnet, radio waves, and a computer to create detailed 3D pictures of your body's organs, soft tissues
- radiographic image used to diagnose skeletal changes in the body
- an appliance to fix an injured body party
- agent that counteracts inflammation
- the measurement of range of motion in a joint
- spinal tap of fluid in the spinal canal
Down
- an imaging procedure that uses sound waves to create images of organs, tissues, etc
- weakness or slight paralysis on one side of the body
- complete paralysis on one side of the body
- agent that reduces fever
- loss of muscle tone
- agent that relieves pain, counteracts inflammation, and reduces fever; commonly used to treat arthritis
- shrinkage of muscle size
- a drug prescribed to suppress smooth-muscle contractions of the bladder, stomach, or intestine
- evaluation of involuntary muscular responses with a reflex hammer
- form of arthritis where uric acid builds up and can cause joint pain
- surgical repair of a joint
- pain in a joint or joints
- surgical puncture of a joint space to remove excessive fluid
- the removal of a small piece of tissue for examination
- scanning test that identifies diseases, tumors, or infections
31 Clues: removal of a limb • break in the bone • loss of muscle tone • softening of cartilage • drug that relieves pain • agent that reduces fever • shrinkage of muscle size • pain in a joint or joints • surgical repair of a joint • surgical repair of the bursa • excessive enlargement of a muscle • agent that counteracts inflammation • spinal tap of fluid in the spinal canal • ...
Medical Terminology of the Eye 2026-03-12
Across
- – loss of half the visual field
- – inflammation of the eyelid
- – double vision
- – removal of part of the iris
- pertaining to the eye
- inflammation of conjunctiva
- – imaging of the retina
- – surgical repair or transplant of cornea
- – surgical repair of eyelid
- – removal of vitreous humor
Down
- – inflammation of the sclera
- – inflammation of the cornea
- – disease of the retina
- farsightedness
- nearsightedness
- cloudy lens
- measure eye pressure
- increased eye pressure
- examine interior eye
- – absence of vision
20 Clues: cloudy lens • farsightedness • – double vision • nearsightedness • – absence of vision • measure eye pressure • examine interior eye • pertaining to the eye • increased eye pressure • – disease of the retina • – imaging of the retina • inflammation of conjunctiva • – surgical repair of eyelid • – removal of vitreous humor • – inflammation of the sclera • – inflammation of the cornea • ...
Root Words: Beginnings and Endings 2023-01-26
22 Clues: bad • red • fast • blue • slow • small • green • large • white • around • inside • across • disease • between • very large • below normal • above normal • inflammation • blood condition • not working normally • condition or disease (non-inflammatory) • body of terms used in a particular application
Medical Terminology Musculoskeletal 1of2 2014-09-11
Across
- covers ends of bones
- attach bone to bone
- pertains to production of RBCs
- large flared bone of the hip
- anterior shoulder bone
- pertains to fingers and toes
Down
- shoulder blade
- breast bone
- shaft of long bones
- covering of long bones
- end of long bones
- attach muscle to bone
- lower point of sternum
- hip bones you sit on
14 Clues: breast bone • shoulder blade • end of long bones • shaft of long bones • attach bone to bone • covers ends of bones • hip bones you sit on • attach muscle to bone • covering of long bones • lower point of sternum • anterior shoulder bone • large flared bone of the hip • pertains to fingers and toes • pertains to production of RBCs
Paul Kalanithi's Medical Terminology 2024-05-20
Across
- An abnormal mass of tissue that forms when cells grow and divide more than they should or do not die when they should.
- The area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst.
- A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
- A statistic used to estimate the survival function from lifetime data.
- An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall.
- The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
Down
- A type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.
- A specially trained medical doctor who diagnoses and treats conditions that affect your nervous system.
- A medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body.
- A complex brain structure embedded deep in the temporal lobe. It plays a major role in learning and memory.
- A facility within a hospital where surgical operations are carried out in an aseptic environment.
- A corpse that is used by medical students, physicians, and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a living human being.
- Records the electrical signals in the heart and can help diagnose heart attacks and irregular heartbeats
- Member of a therapeutic drug class that reduces pain, decreases inflammation, decreases fever, and prevents blood clots.
14 Clues: A statistic used to estimate the survival function from lifetime data. • The area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst. • A medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body. • A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. • ...
Medical Terminology Crossword Puzzle 2024-09-06
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- root/Foundation of the words
- vowel/Connect word parts
- the beginning of words and modify the word root
- /Formed where two bones; they are also called an articulation
- Reports /From various treatments and therapies
- Order /Ordered by the doctor
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- /Overlies spinal column or vertebrae, on posterior side of trunk
- Record /All personnel with patient contact complete appropriate reports
- /What is osseous tissue
- Note /Complete by the nursing staff to record the patients care throughout the day
- Reports /Include the results of all diagnostic tests performed on the patient
- /All tissues and organs in the body are formed of cell
- /Contains all body regions other tan head, neck , and extremities; also called torso
- the end of words and modify the word root
14 Clues: /What is osseous tissue • vowel/Connect word parts • root/Foundation of the words • Order /Ordered by the doctor • the end of words and modify the word root • Reports /From various treatments and therapies • the beginning of words and modify the word root • /All tissues and organs in the body are formed of cell • ...
Body structure medical Terminology 2023-01-30
14 Clues: biopsy • lateral • anterior • Ultrasound • chest x-ray • anteroposterior • Computed tomography • Left upper quadrant • Left lower quadrant • Right lower quadrant • Right upper quadrant • Magnetic resonance imaging • Positron emission tomagraphy • single photon emission computed tomography
2nd period Medical Terminology 2026-01-09
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- an inflamed band of tissue tied together
- Process in which radio-graphic images of a specific section of the body are taken from multiple angles.
- a condition that has been introduced since birth
- syndrome a condition in which pain,itching,burning,or tingling is felt due to an inflamed nerve/tendon in wrist
- Permanent tightening of skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia (a band or sheet of fibrous tissue
- the shrinking or wasting of muscle size
- resonance imaging
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- reflex Evaluation of involuntary muscular responses with a reflex hammer
- an illness that is pertained to a long duration of time
- The removal of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination
- pertains to noncancerous tumors
- a period of gradual recovery
- inability to coordinate voluntary muscle activity
- causes weakness or fatigue
14 Clues: resonance imaging • causes weakness or fatigue • a period of gradual recovery • pertains to noncancerous tumors • the shrinking or wasting of muscle size • an inflamed band of tissue tied together • a condition that has been introduced since birth • inability to coordinate voluntary muscle activity • an illness that is pertained to a long duration of time • ...
Medical Terminology Lesson 1 Vocab 2017-09-22
25 Clues: oma • path • angi • aden • itis • rhin • osis • enter • plast • arthr • spasm • otomy • megal • hepat • gastr • nephr • cardi • ology • gingiv • ectomy • cerebr • dermat • ologist • blephar • malacia
Chapter 4 Medical Terminology Crossword 2017-10-17
30 Clues: up • self • slow • fast • flow • down • under • above • above • birth • oxygen • toward • behind • before • across • within • to grow • against • stopping • breathing • away from • breakdown • to secrete • surrounding • development • bad, painful • out, outside • to slide, fall • coming together • structure or formation
Medical Terminology Chapters 12 & 13 2017-04-19
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- Pertaining to the cochlea
- Study of hearing
- Physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear, nose and larynx
- Innermost layer of the eye, which contains the vision receptors
- Incision of the iris
- Abbreviation of phacoemulsification
- Ringing of the ears
- Measurement of hearing
- Bones of the middle ear that carry sound vibrations
- Combining from meaning tympanic membrane (eardrum)
- Combining form meaning eyelid
- Pain in the ear
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- Agent that constricts the pupil
- Creation of an artificial opening between the tear sac and the nose
- Condition of dry eye
- Infection of an oil gland of the eyelid
- Instrument used to measure the pupil
- Combining form meaning labyrinth
- Inflammation of the middle ear
- Surgical removal of all or part of the vitreous humor
- Condition in which the eyes look in different directions
- Sense that either ones own body or the environment is revolving
- Visual examination of the ear
- Clouding of the lens of the eye
- Combining form meaning tension or pressure
- Lies directly behind the pupil; its function is to focus and bend light
26 Clues: Pain in the ear • Study of hearing • Ringing of the ears • Condition of dry eye • Incision of the iris • Measurement of hearing • Pertaining to the cochlea • Visual examination of the ear • Combining form meaning eyelid • Inflammation of the middle ear • Agent that constricts the pupil • Clouding of the lens of the eye • Combining form meaning labyrinth • ...
Medical Terminology - The Skeletal System 2018-01-30
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- disease a bone disease of unknown cause characterized by the excessive breakdown of bone tissue, followed by abnormal bone formation.
- an abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side.
- a type of cancer that occurs in blood making cells found in the red bone marrow.
- fracture a broken bone that occurs when the bone is pressed together on itself.
- a deficiency disease occurring in children.
- specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the foot.
- the five bones that form the palms of the hand.
- the boney structure units of the spinal column.
- the surgical fusion of two bones to stiffen a joint, such as an ankle, elbow, or shoulder.
- a substitute for a diseased or missing body part, such as a leg that has been amputated.
- the surgical suturing, or wiring together, of bones.
- thinner than average bone density.
- blood within a joint.
- an inflammation of the bone marrow and adjacent bone.
- abnormal softening of bones in adults.
- valgus an abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe, also known as a bunion.
- x ray absorptiometry low exposure radiographic measurement of the spine and hips to measure bone density.
- pertaining to the formation of blood cells.
- an abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine.
- an inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum.
- the death of bone tissue due to insufficient blood supply.
- a rounded bony projection on the tibia and fibula on the sides of each ankle joint.
- the abnormal softening of cartilage.
- a malformation of the skull due to the premature closure of the cranial sutures.
- form that part of the foot to which the toes are attached.
- a degenerative disorder that can cause the loss of normal spinal structure and function.
- fracture occurs when a weakened bone breaks under normal strain.
- vertebroplasty performed to treat osteoporosis related compression fractures.
- an abnormal lateral (sideways) curvature of the spine.
- the visual examination of the internal structure of a joint.
- pain of the lumbar region of the spine, also known as low back pain.
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- the surgical loosening of an ankylosed joint.
- the surgical removal of a synovial membrane from a joint.
- arthritis a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the joints and some organs of other body systems are attacked.
- dysplasia a bone disorder of unknown cause that destroys normal bone structure and replaces it with fibrous (scarlike) tissue.
- a slow growing benign tumor derived from cartilage cells.
- fracture one in which the bone is splintered or crushed.
- originating within an individual.
- a mechanical appliance, such as a leg brace or a splint, that is specially designed to control, correct, or compensate for impaired limb function.
- hip fracture usually caused by weakening of the bones due to osteoporosis and can occur either spontaneously or as the result of a fall.
- an inflammation of the periosteum.
- the partial displacement of a bone from its joint.
- originating within another.
- rheumatoid arthritis an autoimmune disorder that affects children ages 16 years or less with symptoms that include stiffness, pain, joint swelling, skin rash, fever, slowed growth, and fatigue.
- the form of arthritis that is most commonly associated with aging.
- bifida a congenital defect that occurs during early pregnancy when the spinal canal fails to close completely around the spinal cord to protect it.
- the forward slipping movement of the body of one of the lower lumbar vertebrae on the vertebra or sacrum below it.
- a benign bony projection covered with cartilage.
- the grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together.
- the surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity.
- the bony structure that forms the upper portion of the sternum.
- the surgical removal of a lamina or posterior portion of a vertebra.
- fracture a fracture in which the bone has been twisted apart.
- a marked loss of bone density and an increase in bone porosity that is frequently associated with aging.
- the large circular cavity in each side of the pelvis that articulates with the head of the femur to form the hip joint, also known as the hip socket.
- fixation a fracture treatment in which a plate or pins are placed directly into the bone to hold the broken pieces in place.
- fracture a break in which the bone is broken and there is an open wound in the skin.
- surgeon a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders involving the bones, joints, and muscles.
- spondylitis a form of rheumatoid arthritis that primarily causes inflammation of the joints between the vertebrae.
- an inflammation of a bone.
60 Clues: blood within a joint. • an inflammation of a bone. • originating within another. • originating within an individual. • an inflammation of the periosteum. • the abnormal softening of cartilage. • abnormal softening of bones in adults. • thinner than average bone density. • a deficiency disease occurring in children. • pertaining to the formation of blood cells. • ...
Medical Terminology - The Skeletal System 2018-01-30
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- valgus an abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe, also known as a bunion.
- the surgical fusion of two bones to stiffen a joint, such as an ankle, elbow, or shoulder.
- pertaining to the formation of blood cells.
- blood within a joint.
- fixation a fracture treatment in which a plate or pins are placed directly into the bone to hold the broken pieces in place.
- x-ray absorptiometry low-exposure radiographic measurement of the spine and hips to measure bone density.
- the surgical loosening of an ankylosed joint.
- the grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together.
- originating within another.
- an inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum.
- a slow-growing benign tumor derived from cartilage cells.
- the large circular cavity in each side of the pelvis that articulates with the head of the femur to form the hip joint, also known as the hip socket.
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- spondylitis a form of rheumatoid arthritis that primarily causes inflammation of the joints between the vertebrae.
- the visual examination of the internal structure of a joint.
- fracture a broken bone that occurs when the bone is pressed together on itself.
- fracture one in which the bone is splintered or crushed.
- a malformation of the skull due to the premature closure of the cranial sutures.
- the abnormal softening of cartilage.
- dysplasia a bone disorder of unknown cause that destroys normal bone structure and replaces it with fibrous (scarlike) tissue.
- originating within an individual.
20 Clues: blood within a joint. • originating within another. • originating within an individual. • the abnormal softening of cartilage. • pertaining to the formation of blood cells. • the surgical loosening of an ankylosed joint. • a slow-growing benign tumor derived from cartilage cells. • the visual examination of the internal structure of a joint. • ...
Medical Terminology Week 3 Crossword 2018-04-19
Across
- pertaining to the heart
- large enough to see with the naked eye
- same,unchanging
- very small cell
- underproduction of a substance
- care and treatment of children
- one-half of a rounded structure
- having variable body temperature
- made up of two parts
- having low blood pressure
- behind the nose
- bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen
- occurring before the proper time
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- disease affecting an entire population
- out of normal position
- having three points or cusps
- false paralysis
- state of balance;state in which conditions remain the same
- radiation therapy delivered at a distance from the body
- against recommendations;not advisable
- cancer of white blood cells
- backward flow
- easy or painless death
- to separate tissues for anatomic study
- junction between two nerve cells
25 Clues: backward flow • false paralysis • same,unchanging • very small cell • behind the nose • made up of two parts • out of normal position • easy or painless death • pertaining to the heart • having low blood pressure • cancer of white blood cells • having three points or cusps • underproduction of a substance • care and treatment of children • one-half of a rounded structure • ...
Set 4-6 Medical Terminology 2014-12-09
Across
- lower part of the body
- bone
- uterus
- study of
- secrete
- lung,breathing
- colon,large intestine
- behind,backward
- spinal cord,bone marrow
- specialist
- growth,development
- cause
- abdomin
- head
- all,entire
- sameness,steady
- fire,fever
- muscle
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- tissue
- throat,larynx
- coronary,crown
- outside
- brain
- eye
- ear
- renal pelvis
- in,within
- fungus
- control,keep
- bladder,fluid filled sack
- mouth
- love,affinity,attraction
- fat
- excessive
- people,population
- nose
- kidney
- blood
- tumor
- pus
40 Clues: eye • ear • fat • pus • bone • nose • head • brain • mouth • cause • blood • tumor • tissue • uterus • fungus • kidney • muscle • outside • secrete • abdomin • study of • in,within • excessive • specialist • all,entire • fire,fever • renal pelvis • control,keep • throat,larynx • coronary,crown • lung,breathing • behind,backward • sameness,steady • people,population • growth,development • colon,large intestine • lower part of the body • ...
Medical Terminology Chapter 5 Crossword 2015-02-04
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- the long bone extending from the shoulder and ending at the elbow
- shoulder blade
- comes from the latin word ligamentum
- place where bones come together
- special matured bone cells
- joined (yoked) together
- Bone is made up of ____ tissue.
- latin for "thigh", a long bone that extends from the hip to the knee
- kneecap
- to visually examine
Down
- inflammation
- bones making up the fingers and toes
- tumor
- collar bone
- joined together
- both sides
- removal of, excision of
- study of
- to form bone
- surgical repair
20 Clues: tumor • kneecap • study of • both sides • collar bone • inflammation • to form bone • shoulder blade • joined together • surgical repair • to visually examine • removal of, excision of • joined (yoked) together • special matured bone cells • place where bones come together • Bone is made up of ____ tissue. • bones making up the fingers and toes • comes from the latin word ligamentum • ...
Medical Terminology Chapter 6 Vocab 2021-01-11
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- an agent that the body that destroys or inhibits the growth of fungi
- lymph, lymphatic tissue
- lymph vessel
- specialized structures of the lymphatic system that absorbs those fats that cannot be transported by the blood-stream
- rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria
- pertaining to
- a yeast infection
- AIDS, the most advanced and fatal stage of an HIV infection
- tumor
- remaining 10% of the retaining interstitial fluid
- flesh, connective tissue
- against
- spleen
- poison, poisonous
- medications capable of inhibiting growth or killing pathogenic bacteria
- a condition in which the immune system produces antibodies against the body's own tissues
Down
- something that is not life-threatening and does not recur
- a substance that produces an allergic response in an individual
- a specific chemical interaction between antibodies produced by B cells of the white blood cells and antigens during immune reaction
- one-celled microscopic organisms
- any substance of the body regards as being foreign
- a severe, systemic response to an allergen
- formative material of cells
- immune, protection, safe
- a disease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen
- new, strange
- tumor, neoplasm
- eat, swallow
- lymph node, gland
- cancerous
30 Clues: tumor • spleen • against • cancerous • lymph vessel • new, strange • eat, swallow • pertaining to • tumor, neoplasm • a yeast infection • lymph node, gland • poison, poisonous • lymph, lymphatic tissue • immune, protection, safe • flesh, connective tissue • formative material of cells • one-celled microscopic organisms • rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria • a severe, systemic response to an allergen • ...
Medical Terminology - Chapters 1-3 2020-12-16
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- the cause of a disease
- the prefix in erythroderma refers to the color
- the anterior aspect of a body part
- the shoulder is located _____ to the elbow
- a prefix that means the same as quadr/i-
- interstitial fluid is found _____ cells
- a word that means "wasting"
- prefixes hemi- and semi-mean
- a three letter suffix meaning condition of
- a megakarycocyte is a cell with a large _____
- immature white blood cell
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- the suffix in cardiologist means...
- infection acquired in a hospital
- compound words have two or more
- the opposite of endoderm
- a disease that has no known cause
- adjective for neurosis
- plane dividing body into superior & inferior
- spreading of cancer to another body part
- a cell that ingests waste and foreign matter
20 Clues: the cause of a disease • adjective for neurosis • the opposite of endoderm • immature white blood cell • a word that means "wasting" • prefixes hemi- and semi-mean • compound words have two or more • infection acquired in a hospital • a disease that has no known cause • the anterior aspect of a body part • the suffix in cardiologist means... • ...
Chapter 1 & 2 Medical Terminology 2021-03-04
Across
- At the beginning of the root word to modify the meaning
- Study of tissue
- Study of causes of diseases
- Basic unit of living things
- state of being mortal (death)
- Disease
- Programmed cell death
- Red blood cell
- Within
- Disease of the muscle
- Cavity Containing the brain
- gel-like fluid inside the cell
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- Attached to the end of the root word to modify the meaning
- Improvement or absence of signs of disease
- Composed of skin, nails, and glands
- Two or more tissues that perform special functions
- Provides for the exchange of O2 and CO2
- Joint
- Tumor of connective tissue
- Tumor composed of fat
20 Clues: Joint • Within • Disease • Red blood cell • Study of tissue • Programmed cell death • Disease of the muscle • Tumor composed of fat • Tumor of connective tissue • Study of causes of diseases • Basic unit of living things • state of being mortal (death) • gel-like fluid inside the cell • Cavity Containing the brain • Composed of skin, nails, and glands • ...
Eye and Ear Medical Terminology 2022-01-25
22 Clues: dry • eye • ear • gray • tears • pupil • light • night • water • retina • eyelid • double • glassy • sclera • vision • cornea • hearing • eardrum • darkness • eye muscle • ear condition • eustachian tube
Medical Terminology Review 8-14 2021-05-06
33 Clues: dry • old • flat • hand • ball • glue • flow • pipe • wound • front • child • split • smell • within • branch • excite • saliva • nearest • to roll • between • slender • beneath • covering • entrance • swelling • wrapping • offspring • paralysis • draw tight • heel, stone • burst forth • internal organs • around, on both sides
Chapter 1 & 2 Medical Terminology 2021-02-13
Across
- Liver
- Terms from the English language
- Fat
- A word part attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning
- Vein
- Terms derived from a name or place
- Pertaining to
- Space inside the skull containing the brain
- Inflammation of the bone and joint
- Terms formed from the first letters of a phrase
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- A branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases and abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system
- The word part that is the core of the word
- Joint
- Both the pelvic and abdominal cavities
- A word part attached to the end of the word root to modify its meaning
- Forms the boundary of the cell
- The complete set of genes for all the cells of a specific organism
- Inflammation
- Group of similar cells that performs a specific function
- Gland
20 Clues: Fat • Vein • Liver • Joint • Gland • Inflammation • Pertaining to • Forms the boundary of the cell • Terms from the English language • Terms derived from a name or place • Inflammation of the bone and joint • Both the pelvic and abdominal cavities • The word part that is the core of the word • Space inside the skull containing the brain • Terms formed from the first letters of a phrase • ...
Module 1 + 2 (Medical Terminology) 2021-02-11
Across
- White blood cell
- Connective tissue in fats
- One who studies and treats
- Pertaining to yellow color
- Highly malignant connective tissue tumor
- Physician who studies and treats tumors
- Above, excessive
- Benign fat tumor
- Resembling a nerve
- Cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
- Bluish discoloration due to inadequate blood supply
- Red blood cell
- Study of causes (of diseases)
- Benign fiber tumor
- Enlargement
Down
- Incomplete development (of an organ or tissue)
- Improvement of absence of signs of disease
- Resembling
- Treatment of cancer with drugs
- Enlargement of an organ
- Substance that causes cancer
- Malignant fiber tumor
- Abnormal development
- An increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms
- The study of disease
- Pertaining to internal organs
- Benign smooth muscle tumor
- Originating in the body
- The study of medicine
- New
- Without fever
31 Clues: New • Resembling • Enlargement • Without fever • Red blood cell • White blood cell • Above, excessive • Benign fat tumor • Resembling a nerve • Benign fiber tumor • Abnormal development • The study of disease • Malignant fiber tumor • The study of medicine • Enlargement of an organ • Originating in the body • Connective tissue in fats • One who studies and treats • Pertaining to yellow color • ...
Medical Terminology Ch.1-7 2022-09-24
22 Clues: dry • heat • lobe • color • joint • colon • double • around • suture • crushing • treatment • breathing • voice box • enlargement • discharge flow • through, across • swallow, eating • gray; gray matter • above; excessive; superior • screening test to evaluate blood • paleness or absence of color of skin • abnormal band that holds organs together
Medical Terminology Lesson 5 Crossword 2022-10-21
25 Clues: egg • ear • spot • gate • bile • milk • tear • coil • scale • organ • under • wedge • chest • tumor • mouth • fungus • against • bladder • puncture • membrane • great toe • suspension • nail, claw • blind passage • marrow, spinal cord
Medical Terminology #3: Body Organization 2023-11-27
Across
- below
- pertaining to the skin
- back
- closest to the point of attachment
- to divide into equal parts
- of, relating to, or lying in the mouth
- relating to the stomach
- a cut made through the body in the direction of a certain plane
- relating to an outer part
- the study of cells
- relating to the inside of the body
- towards the side
- of, relating to, or lying in the mouth
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- front
- the microscopic study of living tissues
- imaginary dividing line useful for separating body structures
- towards the midline
- of or relating to the head
- back
- tissue that lines surfaces or spaces leading to outside of the body
- farthest from the point of attachment
- the study of the functions of organisms and their parts
- the study of the structure of an organism
- above
- front
25 Clues: back • back • front • below • above • front • towards the side • the study of cells • towards the midline • pertaining to the skin • relating to the stomach • relating to an outer part • of or relating to the head • to divide into equal parts • closest to the point of attachment • relating to the inside of the body • farthest from the point of attachment • of, relating to, or lying in the mouth • ...
Medical Terminology-Crossword Puzzle-1 2024-01-08
Across
- Inflamed Appendix
- Plane separates superior and inferior
- Plane separates left and right
- Paralysis of all four limbs
- Farthest from midline
- Surgical opening for colon
- Heart pain
- Stomach pain
- Surgical removal of the appendix
- Runny nose
- Instrument for listening to heart
- Body horizontal facing up
Down
- State of low thyroid
- Closest to midline
- Away from midline
- Without pigment
- Ultrasound recording
- Plane separates front and back
- Position with arms at side, palms forward, eyes looking straight ahead
- Puncture to withdraw fluid from a joint
- Body horizontal facing down
21 Clues: Heart pain • Runny nose • Stomach pain • Without pigment • Away from midline • Inflamed Appendix • Closest to midline • State of low thyroid • Ultrasound recording • Farthest from midline • Body horizontal facing up • Surgical opening for colon • Paralysis of all four limbs • Body horizontal facing down • Plane separates left and right • Plane separates front and back • ...
Medical Terminology Chapter 9 Review 2020-12-11
Across
- profuse sweating
- closing or blockage of a passage
- blockage in a blood vessel
- the root meaning valve
- the root meaning aorta
- the root meaning heart (2)
- the root meaning vein (1)
- dilation of the aorta
- the root meaning septum
- blood clot
- the root meaning atrium
- the root meaning vein (2)
Down
- the root meaning ventricle
- the root meaning heart (1)
- abnormal heart beat
- blockage of blood flow to an organ
- pressure on heart while contracting
- the root meaning fatty plaque
- loss of blood
- bluish appearance to the skin
- rapid or irregular heartbeat
- pressure on heart while relaxing
- mass of matter present in the blood
- the root meaning vessel
24 Clues: blood clot • loss of blood • profuse sweating • abnormal heart beat • dilation of the aorta • the root meaning valve • the root meaning aorta • the root meaning septum • the root meaning atrium • the root meaning vessel • the root meaning vein (1) • the root meaning vein (2) • the root meaning ventricle • the root meaning heart (1) • blockage in a blood vessel • the root meaning heart (2) • ...
Medical Terminology Terms 126-150 2024-09-06
26 Clues: ear • gate • gate • tear • coil • bile • milk • scale • organ • mouth • chest • fungus • against • bladder • puncture • membrane • nail, claw • blind passage • spot (or stain) • great toe, big toe • wedge, wedge-shaped • marrow (spinal cord) • suspension, fixation • under, beneath, below • tumor, swelling or mass • egg (female reproduction cell
Medical Terminology Week 2 Vocab 2024-08-12
Across
- (ventral) Front side of the body
- Below another structure
- first
- bodies
- picture, classification
- Laying on the belly (face down)
- On the surface
- Away from the trunk or away from the structure start
- The Side
- Above another structure
- many
- process, condition
- three
Down
- Laying on the back (face up)
- between intervertebral
- half
- within intravenous
- two
- (dorsal) Back side of the body
- Away from the surface
- one
- Pertaining to the middle or nearer the medial plane
- partial, half
- Near trunk or start of the structure
- many
- four
- none
- medical treatment
- change metabolism
- four
30 Clues: two • one • half • many • four • none • many • four • first • three • bodies • The Side • partial, half • On the surface • medical treatment • process, condition • change metabolism • within intravenous • Away from the surface • between intervertebral • Below another structure • picture, classification • Above another structure • Laying on the back (face up) • (dorsal) Back side of the body • ...
Unit 5 Lab Medical Terminology 2023-06-21
Across
- CAD
- pumps blood through your body
- used to listen for the sounds of the heart
- blood vessels where oxygen and nutrients are exchanged with tissues
- used to transport the blood
- test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- bld
- prefix meaning middle
- (heart attack)
Down
- blood vessels that transport oxygen rich blood
- condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell.
- disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart.
- condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle
- procedure done in a specialized area of radiology
- pain CP
- instrument used to measure pressure
- chambers in the heart that pump the blood through the blood vessels (two of them in your body)
- pressure BP
- prefix meaning around
- used in CPR
- suffix meaning cutting into
- increased pressure in the blood vessels.
- suffix meaning pain
- machine that records the electrical activity of the heart
- prefix meaning two
25 Clues: CAD • bld • used in CPR • (heart attack) • prefix meaning two • pain CP • suffix meaning pain • prefix meaning around • prefix meaning middle • used to transport the blood • suffix meaning cutting into • pressure BP • pumps blood through your body • instrument used to measure pressure • increased pressure in the blood vessels. • ...
Medical Terminology Chapter 1-4 2023-04-24
Across
- What is the medical term for the incomplete development of an organ or tissue?
- What does the combining form POLI/O mean in the term poliomyelitis?
- Which type of fixation device is usually left in the body after the fracture has healed?
- A surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid is known as an
- A physician who specializes in the care of older adults is a/an
- The term meaning a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness is
- The lower portion of the sternum is the
- What is the medical term for inflammation of the bone marrow and adjacent bone?
- The formation of pus is called
- What is the medical term for inflammation of a gland?
- Which of the following terms describes the study of the causes of diseases or abnormal conditions?
- What is the medical term for the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time?
- A pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury is a
- Which is the protrusion of tissue through a weak area in the muscle?
- Greg Brewster is scheduled to have his tonsils removed. The medical term for this procedure is a
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- The abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries is called
- Also known as fat, the tissue that provides protective padding, insulation, and support is
- The increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ is known as
- Which is a syndrome caused by muscle injury that can lead to renal failure?
- What does the prefix HYPER- mean in the medical term hypertension?
- Which term describes pain in the ball of the foot caused by an inflamed nerve?
- What is the medical term for wear-and-tear arthritis?
- The study of the anatomy, physiology, pathology, and chemistry of the cell is known as
- A combining form that means plaque or fatty substance is
- What is the medical term for surgical fusion of two bones to stiffen a joint?
- The medical term that refers to the posterior space behind the knee is the
- Which is the term for an injury to a joint that usually occurs when a ligament is wrenched or torn?
- What does ERYTHR/O mean in the term erythrocyte?
- Abnormal development or growth of cells, or the presence of abnormal cells, is known as
29 Clues: The formation of pus is called • The lower portion of the sternum is the • What does ERYTHR/O mean in the term erythrocyte? • What is the medical term for wear-and-tear arthritis? • What is the medical term for inflammation of a gland? • A combining form that means plaque or fatty substance is • A physician who specializes in the care of older adults is a/an • ...
Medical Terminology Suffix and Supplemental 2023-08-07
Across
- father away from the center
- laying face
- fainitng
- center of the body
- breathing
- back
- removal
- inflammation
- discharge
- sudden involuntary
- recording
- swelling of
- state of
- loss of blood
- paralysis
Down
- cutting
- towards the head
- examining
- urine
- pain
- repair
- specialist
- away from the head
- condition
- laying face down
- toward the head
- state of heat
- chest cavity
- study
29 Clues: pain • back • urine • study • repair • cutting • removal • fainitng • state of • examining • breathing • condition • discharge • recording • paralysis • specialist • laying face • swelling of • inflammation • chest cavity • state of heat • loss of blood • toward the head • towards the head • laying face down • center of the body • away from the head • sudden involuntary • father away from the center
Medical Terminology- Midterm Part 1 2025-03-14
Across
- Abnormal condition of death of cells
- White blood cell
- Painful or difficult swallowing
- Pertaining to unknown disease
- Pain in a joint
- Muscle that moves away from the body
- Pertaining to produced by treatment
- formation, growth; suffix
- A deficiency of blood supply due to obstruction of the circulation to an area
- Around; suffix
- Laying on the back
- The ankle is ______ to the knee
- Proper name for the tailbone
- Muscular wall separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities
- Within; suffix
- The ear is_____to the eye
- Before; suffix
- The study of the cause of the disease
- Pertaining to beneath the rib
- Normal; suffix
- Referring to the space behind the abdominal cavity
- Tumor of the liver
- Visual examination of the cells
- Movement toward the midline
- The space in the chest between the lungs
Down
- Abnormal condition of the mind
- Superficial, surface level cells
- The_____end of the femur is at the hip
- The diaphragm lies_____to the thoracic cavity
- Deficiency of clotting cells
- Process of breaking down to release energy
- Pertaining to above the stomach
- Removal of a gland
- Endocrine disorder with abnormally large growth of bones and feet after puberty
- Study of skin and tissue
- blood condition; suffix
- Nourishment, development; suffix
- The thoracic spine is_____to the lumbar spine
- Against; suffix
- Hernia of the urinary bladder
- Study of disease
- Sum of the chemical processes in a cell
- Instrument for recording; suffix
- The abdominal pelvic cavity lies_____to the spinal cavity
- Softening; suffix
- Structure or tissue around the Heart
- The upper lateral regions of the abdomen beneath the ribs are these regions
- Windpipe opening to outside of the body
- Microscopic exam of living tissue
- Surgical repair of blood vessels
- Berry shaped bacteria; suffix
- When there is evidence against using a drug, it is said to be this
52 Clues: Around; suffix • Within; suffix • Before; suffix • Normal; suffix • Pain in a joint • Against; suffix • White blood cell • Study of disease • Softening; suffix • Removal of a gland • Laying on the back • Tumor of the liver • blood condition; suffix • Study of skin and tissue • formation, growth; suffix • The ear is_____to the eye • Movement toward the midline • Deficiency of clotting cells • ...
Musculoskeletal System — Medical Terminology Crossword 2025-05-12
Across
- Larger bone of the lower leg (shin bone)
- Stretching or tearing of muscles or tendons
- Connects bone to bone
- Forearm bone on the little finger side
- The bones that make up the spine
- Collarbone
- Breastbone
- Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- Condition where bones become weak and brittle
- Thigh bone, the longest bone in the body
- Stretching or tearing of ligaments
- Flexible connective tissue found in joints
- Forearm bone on the thumb side
- A point where two or more bones meet
- Excessive outward curvature of the spine (hunchback)
Down
- Fluid-filled sac that reduces friction in joints
- Smaller bone of the lower leg
- Cartilage in the knee joint that absorbs shock
- Upper arm bone
- Fluid that lubricates joints
- Tissue that contracts to produce movement
- A rigid organ that forms part of the skeleton
- Kneecap
- Hip bone
- A break in the bone
- Shoulder blade
- Displacement of a bone from its joint
- Connects muscle to bone
- Excessive inward curvature of the lower spine
- Inflammation of a joint
30 Clues: Kneecap • Hip bone • Collarbone • Breastbone • Upper arm bone • Shoulder blade • A break in the bone • Connects bone to bone • Connects muscle to bone • Inflammation of a joint • Fluid that lubricates joints • Smaller bone of the lower leg • Forearm bone on the thumb side • The bones that make up the spine • Stretching or tearing of ligaments • A point where two or more bones meet • ...
Musculoskeletal System — Medical Terminology Crossword 2025-05-12
Across
- Larger bone of the lower leg (shin bone)
- Stretching or tearing of muscles or tendons
- Connects bone to bone
- Forearm bone on the little finger side
- The bones that make up the spine
- Collarbone
- Breastbone
- Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- Condition where bones become weak and brittle
- Thigh bone, the longest bone in the body
- Stretching or tearing of ligaments
- Flexible connective tissue found in joints
- Forearm bone on the thumb side
- A point where two or more bones meet
- Excessive outward curvature of the spine (hunchback)
Down
- Fluid-filled sac that reduces friction in joints
- Smaller bone of the lower leg
- Cartilage in the knee joint that absorbs shock
- Upper arm bone
- Fluid that lubricates joints
- Tissue that contracts to produce movement
- A rigid organ that forms part of the skeleton
- Kneecap
- Hip bone
- A break in the bone
- Shoulder blade
- Displacement of a bone from its joint
- Connects muscle to bone
- Excessive inward curvature of the lower spine
- Inflammation of a joint
30 Clues: Kneecap • Hip bone • Collarbone • Breastbone • Upper arm bone • Shoulder blade • A break in the bone • Connects bone to bone • Connects muscle to bone • Inflammation of a joint • Fluid that lubricates joints • Smaller bone of the lower leg • Forearm bone on the thumb side • The bones that make up the spine • Stretching or tearing of ligaments • A point where two or more bones meet • ...
SM1 Unit 2 Medical Terminology 2025-07-10
Across
- Raising a body part
- Moving a part backward
- Process of being face down; palms down
- Position A standing posture; with an upright stance, facing forward, arms at the sides with palms facing forward; all descriptions of location and movements are referenced here.
- Freely movable; synovial joint space between articular cartilage covering bones
- Pertaining to the closest part; Closest to the root of extremity
- Immovable; fibrous joints between bone
- Pertaining to the distant part; Furthest from the root of extremity
- Rotation Rotation toward midline
- Process of moving around in a cone shape motion
- Pertaining to the belly or front side
- Spine, Thorax, Skull; __________ Skeleton
- In front of
- Turning sole of foot outward
- Turning on a single axis
- Above a part
- Deviation Wrist towards the ulna
- Pertaining to the back
- Plane Divides structure into inferior and superior halves
Down
- Lowering a body part
- Slightly/partially moveable; cartilage between surfaces
- Plane Divides structure into posterior and anterior halves
- Pointing foot downward
- Movement of a body part away from the body
- Movement of a body part towards the body
- Pertaining to the middle
- Turning sole of foot inward
- Bringing foot towards the shin
- Moving a part forward
- Process of straightening
- Process of bending
- Process of placing on the back; palms up
- Deviation Wrist towards the radius
- Plane Divides structure into left and right halves
- Rotation Rotation away from midline
- Thumb & Pinky across the palm
- In back of
- Pertaining to the side
- Below a part
39 Clues: In back of • In front of • Below a part • Above a part • Process of bending • Raising a body part • Lowering a body part • Moving a part forward • Moving a part backward • Pointing foot downward • Pertaining to the side • Pertaining to the back • Pertaining to the middle • Process of straightening • Turning on a single axis • Turning sole of foot inward • Turning sole of foot outward • ...
Medical Terminology - The Cardiovascular system 2024-10-20
Across
- A doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart conditions.
- A blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart.
- An irregular heartbeat.
- The largest artery in the body, which carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
- The inner lining of the heart chambers.
- An abnormally slow heart rate.
- A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to various parts of the body.
- A test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
- Arteries The arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle itself.
Down
- The muscular tissue of the heart.
- The double-walled sac that encloses the heart.
- An abnormally fast heart rate.
- One of the two lower chambers of the heart that pumps blood out to the arteries.
- Infarction Commonly known as a heart attack, it occurs when blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked.
- The smallest blood vessels where the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other substances occurs between blood and tissues.
- A condition in which fatty deposits build up on the inner walls of arteries.
- One of the two upper chambers of the heart that receives blood from the veins.
- A condition characterized by consistently high blood pressure.
- Chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscles.
- A condition characterized by abnormally low blood pressure.
20 Clues: An irregular heartbeat. • An abnormally fast heart rate. • An abnormally slow heart rate. • The muscular tissue of the heart. • The inner lining of the heart chambers. • The double-walled sac that encloses the heart. • A blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart. • A test that records the electrical activity of the heart. • ...
Medical terminology- Nursing Fondations 2024 2024-10-23
Across
- root word meaning "artery"
- suffix meaning "eating, swallowing"
- prefix meaning "bad"
- root word meaning "skin"
- prefix meaning "new"
- root word meaning "death"
- prefix meaning "between"
- suffix meaning "pertaining to"
- prefix meaning "through"
- root word meaning "heat"
- root word meaning "nerve"
- root word meaning "bile, gall"
- prefix meaning "across, through"
- suffix meaning "pertaining to"
- suffix meaning "puncture to remove fluid"
- suffix meaning "condition, usually abnormal"
- prefix meaning "slow"
- suffix meaning "hardening"
- suffix meaning "urine"
- root word meaning "yellow"
- prefix meaning "change, beyond"
- prefix meaning "surrounding"
- prefix meaning "toward"
Down
- suffix meaning "swelling due to excess fluid"
- root word meaning "stomach"
- root wars meaning "blood"
- suffix meaning "vomiting"
- prefix meaning "against"
- suffix meaning "breathing"
- prefix meaning "opposite, against"
- prefix meaning "within"
- suffix meaning "removal"
- suffix meaning "study of"
- suffix meaning "flow, discharge"
- root word meaning "large intestine"
- suffix meaning "tumor, fluid collection"
- prefix meaning "painful, difficult"
- suffix meaning "speech"
- suffix meaning "inflammation"
- suffix meaning "visual examination"
- root word meaning "poison"
- prefix meaning "under, below"
- root word meaning "blue"
- prefix meaning "back, again"
- root word meaning "white"
- root word meaning "sharp, sever, sudden"
- suffix meaning "sensitivity to pain"
- root word meaning "near"
48 Clues: prefix meaning "bad" • prefix meaning "new" • prefix meaning "slow" • suffix meaning "urine" • prefix meaning "within" • suffix meaning "speech" • prefix meaning "toward" • prefix meaning "against" • root word meaning "skin" • suffix meaning "removal" • prefix meaning "between" • prefix meaning "through" • root word meaning "heat" • root word meaning "blue" • root word meaning "near" • ...
Medical Terminology 1 - Word Hunt 2025-09-23
Across
- Having two cusps or points (example: heart valve or tooth).
- Pertaining to or directed toward the head.
- Many pregnancies.
- Pertaining to a deep sleep; being in a coma.
- An infectious lung disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- Insertion of a tube into the airway (trachea) to help with breathing.
- Originating outside the body.
- Chronic degenerative disease of the liver with resultant yellowness of the liver and of the skin.
- Removal and viewing of living tissue for examination.
- Filtering blood through membrane.
- Harmful, dangerous, or tending to grow/spread like cancer.
Down
- A condition of deficient (low) oxygen in the blood or tissues.
- Abnormally high blood pressure.
- Paralysis affecting one side of the body.
- A disease marked by excessive urine discharge due to problems with sugar regulation.
- To induce loss of sensation with anesthesia.
- The crushing of a kidney stone into smaller pieces.
- A substance that stimulates the body’s immune system to build protection against disease.
- Pertaining to the nose and lip.
- A slow-growing cancer, often in the digestive tract.
20 Clues: Many pregnancies. • Originating outside the body. • Abnormally high blood pressure. • Pertaining to the nose and lip. • Filtering blood through membrane. • Paralysis affecting one side of the body. • Pertaining to or directed toward the head. • To induce loss of sensation with anesthesia. • Pertaining to a deep sleep; being in a coma. • ...
Medical Terminology - Week #2 Terms 2025-09-01
Across
- against; counteracting
- surgical creation of an opening
- above normal
- pain
- around; surrounding
- self; same
- half; partial
- across; beyond
- enzyme
- surgical removal of something
- single; one
- irregular enlargement
- disease
- swelling; tumor
Down
- within; inner
- between
- blood
- inflammation
- one half
- surgical repair, restoration, or replacement
- bad; difficult
- killing; killer
- backward/behind
- an instrument for inspecting/viewing
- under; beneath
- slowness
- producing; forming
- below normal
- surgical removal of something
29 Clues: pain • blood • enzyme • between • disease • one half • slowness • self; same • single; one • inflammation • above normal • below normal • within; inner • half; partial • bad; difficult • across; beyond • under; beneath • killing; killer • backward/behind • swelling; tumor • producing; forming • around; surrounding • irregular enlargement • against; counteracting • surgical removal of something • ...
Medical Terminology Skeletal System Crossword 2025-10-16
Across
- medical term for the synovial membrane or synovial fluid
- a fracture that does not create a wound
- medical term for swayback
- visual examination of joints
- medical term for rib
- a fracture in which the bone is bent and not completely broken
- abnormal increase in forward curvature of lumbar spine
- a fracture that twists around the bone
- a fracture that breaks through the skin
- medical term for stiffness,bent, crooked
- nuclear imaging test that helps diagnose bone disease
- inflammation of joints
- a suffix that means to bind or tie together
- medical term for a joint
- an area where two or more bones join together
- sac that acts as a cushion to ease movements
- a fracture in which the bone is splintered/crushed
Down
- connects bone to bone
- partial displacement of a bone from its joint
- loss or absence of mobility
- medical term for spinal cord or bone marrow
- abnormal softening of cartilage
- abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine
- x-ray
- suffix that means to loosen or set free
- red makes blood cells, yellow stores fat
- a specialist that treats mis-alignments of the spine
- total displacement of a bone from its joint
- smooth, rubbery, blue-white connective tissue
- medical term for bent or hump
- a fracture that is straight across the bone
31 Clues: x-ray • medical term for rib • connects bone to bone • inflammation of joints • medical term for a joint • medical term for swayback • loss or absence of mobility • visual examination of joints • medical term for bent or hump • abnormal softening of cartilage • a fracture that twists around the bone • a fracture that does not create a wound • suffix that means to loosen or set free • ...
Medical Terminology Chapter 4 Vocab 2021-01-20
Across
- suffix that means dilation or expansion
- word element that means air or lungs
- word element that means pleura
- could also be called low blood oxygen
- _____________ is known as the inflammation of one or both lungs
- swallowing air is known as ___________________
- the total absence of oxygen in the body tissues
- suffix that means excision or removal
Down
- another word for nosebleed
- word element that means nose
- pertaining to the nose
- deficiency of oxygen in body tissues
- pain in the pleura
- pus in a body cavity is known as __________________
- snoring, rumbling sounds heard upon auscultation of the chest during respiration
- suffix that means smell
- suffix that means condition
- word element that means chest
- word element that means blue
- suffix that means the formation of an opening (mouth)
20 Clues: pain in the pleura • pertaining to the nose • suffix that means smell • another word for nosebleed • suffix that means condition • word element that means nose • word element that means blue • word element that means chest • word element that means pleura • deficiency of oxygen in body tissues • word element that means air or lungs • could also be called low blood oxygen • ...
Medical Terminology Lesson 5 Lab 2020-10-15
Across
- Top of the heart.
- Cardiovascular.
- A disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart.
- Used to measure certain items in the blood that may indicate heart muscle damage.
- Meaning instrument to measure pressure. Most nonmedical people call it a blood pressure cuff.
- Double layered sac where #3, #4, and #5 are located.
- Is the middle muscular layer that contracts to pump blood.
- Process of cutting. (suffix)
- Also known as EKG or ECG. Meaning process of recording.
- A complete stopping of the heart.
- septum The wall between the left and right atria.
Down
- Is the outer layer.
- Process of recording, is a procedure done in a specialized area of radiology.
- Is the thin inner layer that lines each chamber.
- Surgical puncture to remove fluid. (suffix)
- Are swollen and dilated veins.
- Automated External Defibrillator.
- Meaning process of recording, is a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- Ventricle. (prefix)
- Bottom portion of the heart.
- Atrial Fibrillation.
- Mitral Valve Prolapse.
- Basic Metabolic Panel.
- A condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
- Beyond or excess (prefix)
- Valve. (prefix)
- A condition in which an artery has a weakened wall, causing it to swell, like a balloon.
27 Clues: Cardiovascular. • Valve. (prefix) • Top of the heart. • Is the outer layer. • Ventricle. (prefix) • Atrial Fibrillation. • Mitral Valve Prolapse. • Basic Metabolic Panel. • Beyond or excess (prefix) • Bottom portion of the heart. • Process of cutting. (suffix) • Are swollen and dilated veins. • Automated External Defibrillator. • A complete stopping of the heart. • ...
Medical Terminology Chapter 3 Vocab 2020-09-28
Across
- an area of bone tissue death caused by insufficient blood flow
- an abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe
- a handle-shaped projection or part
- an abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side
- surgical procedure to stiffen a joint
- a fracture in which the bone is pressed together on itself
- involving tissues or cells that genetically dissimilar and hence immunology incompatible although from individulas of the same species
- blood within the joint
- an abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine
- in the skeletal hand
- a type of arthritis characterized by deposits of uric acid crystals in the joints
- in the skeletal foot
Down
- pertaining to the formation of blood cells
- bony substance on each side of the ankle
- an autoimmune disorder affecting children aged 16 years or younger, with symptoms that include stiffness, pain, joint swelling, skin rash, fever, slowed growth, and fatigue
- a malformation of the skull due to the premature closure of the cranial sutures
- an inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum
- a low-exposure radiographic measurement of the spine and hips to measure bone density
- abnormal softening of the cartilage
- pain in the lumbar region of the spine
- a fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
- obtained from the same individual
- fracture treatment in which pins or a plate are placed directly into the bone to hold the broken pieces in place
- the grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together
- a form of rheumatoid arthritis that primarily causes inflammation of the joints between the vertebrae
- surgical loosening of an ankylosed joint
- a maliginant tumor of the bone marrow
- the surgical removal of a lamina from a vertebrae
- visual examination of the internal structure of a joint using an arthroscope
- "ball and socket" joint
30 Clues: in the skeletal hand • in the skeletal foot • blood within the joint • "ball and socket" joint • obtained from the same individual • a handle-shaped projection or part • abnormal softening of the cartilage • surgical procedure to stiffen a joint • a maliginant tumor of the bone marrow • pain in the lumbar region of the spine • bony substance on each side of the ankle • ...
Medical Terminology - Direction, Movement & Position 2021-09-01
Across
- lying face up
- closer to or on the skin
- nearest to the feet
- spinal side of the body
- belly side of the body
- palm of the hand
- lying face down
- motion away from the midline
- bottom of the foot
- closer to midline or point of attachment
- semi-reclining with head elevated
- bending of a joint
Down
- closer to the midline
- back surface of the body
- nearest to the head
- both sides of midline
- closer to the free end of the extremity
- only one side of the body
- front surface of the body
- motion toward the midline
- farther from the midline
- tip(s) of a structure
- straightening of a joint
23 Clues: lying face up • lying face down • palm of the hand • bottom of the foot • bending of a joint • nearest to the head • nearest to the feet • closer to the midline • both sides of midline • tip(s) of a structure • belly side of the body • spinal side of the body • back surface of the body • closer to or on the skin • farther from the midline • straightening of a joint • only one side of the body • ...
Medical Terminology: Chapter 2 Terms 2021-09-05
Across
- increase in severity of a disease
- study of disease
- cancerous black tumor
- without fever
- study of tumors
- with fever
- cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
- study of tissues
- study of cells
- pertaining to the body
Down
- state of complete knowledge
- increase in number of red (blood) cells
- enlargement of an organ
- state of before knowledge
- tending to become progressively worse and to cause death
- not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery
- abnormal condition of blue
- tumor composed of muscle
- increase in the number of white (blood) cells
- pertaining to cancer
20 Clues: with fever • without fever • study of cells • study of tumors • study of disease • study of tissues • pertaining to cancer • cancerous black tumor • pertaining to the body • enlargement of an organ • tumor composed of muscle • state of before knowledge • abnormal condition of blue • state of complete knowledge • increase in severity of a disease • cancerous tumor of glandular tissue • ...
Medical Terminology mod 1&2 2022-01-29
Across
- tumor
- inflammation of the liver
- study of
- terms derived from a name or place
- substance that causes cancer
- having a fever
- virus
- view of self
- state of
- red
- not malignant,favorable for recovery
Down
- black tumor
- muscle
- study of disease
- sample of blood,urine or body tissue that is taken for medical testing
- below
- smooth
- improvement or absence of signs of disease
- group of similar cells that performs a specific function
- joint inflammation
20 Clues: red • tumor • below • virus • muscle • smooth • study of • state of • black tumor • view of self • having a fever • study of disease • joint inflammation • inflammation of the liver • substance that causes cancer • terms derived from a name or place • not malignant,favorable for recovery • improvement or absence of signs of disease • group of similar cells that performs a specific function • ...
Modules 1 & 2 Medical Terminology 2022-01-17
Across
- space inside the spinal column containing the spinal cord
- study of cells
- placing word parts together to form terms
- Attached at the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning
- cell
- space inside the skull containing the brain
- gland
- black tumor
- nerve
- cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
Down
- name of a person or place
- Dividing medical terms into word parts
- Terms derived from the English language
- gel-like fluid inside the cell
- tumor composed of fiber
- painful, abnormal, difficult
- Core of a word
- internal organs
- tumor composed of nerve
- before
20 Clues: cell • gland • nerve • before • black tumor • study of cells • Core of a word • internal organs • tumor composed of fiber • tumor composed of nerve • name of a person or place • painful, abnormal, difficult • gel-like fluid inside the cell • cancerous tumor of glandular tissue • Dividing medical terms into word parts • Terms derived from the English language • ...
Medical Terminology Vocab List 1 2022-01-05
29 Clues: fast • slow • pain • cell • ribs • life • front • joint • nerve • heart • liver • within • uterus • stomach • disease • glucose • between • disease • study of • excessive • deficient • enlargement • inflammation • Not; without • pertaining to • blood condition • one who studies • surgical removal • abnormal condition
Medical Terminology Cross Word Puzzle 2016-12-09
Across
- diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis
- process of breathing
- middle lower region below the umbilical region
- it is a photograph of an individual chromosome
- instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body
- constriction; narrowing of blood vessels
- record of the electricity in the heart
- thick skin
- inflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes
- narrowing of the bronchi
- surgical procedure to remove a breast
- a surgical procedure involving the removal of excess flesh from the abdomen
- the initiation of cancer formation
- the study of the physiology of the blood
- abnormal condition of excessive thirst
- process of puncturing a vein
- process of the study of the stomach and intestines
- amniotic fluid test
- a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin
- of or relating to the lungs
- the body forms to many white blood cells; type of cancer
- surgical repair of the nose
- pertaining to below the skin
Down
- inflammation of the lining of the stomach
- excessive hunger
- also called a bladder hernia
- inflammation of the walls of a vein to determine disease
- removal of the kidney
- pertaining to the lower back;loin
- condition of weak; porous, brittle bones
- a cancerous tumor rising from epithelial tissue
- diagnostic technique that examines cells from various body parts
- deficiency of platelets in the blood
- paralysis of all four limbs
- is the thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries
- inflammation of the endocardium
- pertaining to before birth
- process in which spermatozoa are produced from stem cells
- treatment using water
- abnormal slow heart action
- the coughing up of blood
- photograph record of the breast made with x-rays
42 Clues: thick skin • excessive hunger • amniotic fluid test • process of breathing • removal of the kidney • treatment using water • narrowing of the bronchi • the coughing up of blood • pertaining to before birth • abnormal slow heart action • paralysis of all four limbs • of or relating to the lungs • surgical repair of the nose • also called a bladder hernia • process of puncturing a vein • ...
Medical Terminology Lesson 1 Vocab 2017-09-22
25 Clues: gum • skin • soft • nose • brain • heart • liver • tumor • joint • gland • kidney • vessel • eyelid • disease • stomach • enlarged • cut-into • intestines • specialist • the-study-of • inflammation • any-condition • surgical-repair • surgical-removal • involuntary-contraction
Medical Terminology - Chapters 3&4 2013-02-20
Across
- / suffix for flow, discharge
- / pertaining to two sides
- / position lying down in any position
- / pertaining to the belly (front)
- / pertaining to near (to the point of attatchment of a body part)
- / removal by cutting
- / destruction of tissue by using extreme cold, often liquid nitrogen
- / pertaining to a side
- / pertaining to the head
- / inflammation of the skin
- / regions to the right and left of the hypogastric region, near the groin
- / yellow skin (also called jaundice)
- / berry shaped (form of bacterium)
Down
- / elevation of the skin containing pus
- / discharge of sebum (excessive)
- / slit or cracklike sore in the skin
- / position lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups
- / pertaining to upon the skin
- / pertaining to the nail
- / a closed sac containing fluid or semisolid material
- / color, or pigmentation, of the skin
- / region inferior to the umbilical region
- / regions to the right and left of the umbilical region, near the waist
- / outer layer of skin
- / abbreviation for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
25 Clues: / removal by cutting • / outer layer of skin • / pertaining to a side • / pertaining to the nail • / pertaining to the head • / pertaining to two sides • / inflammation of the skin • / suffix for flow, discharge • / pertaining to upon the skin • / discharge of sebum (excessive) • / pertaining to the belly (front) • / berry shaped (form of bacterium) • ...
Medical Terminology CMA Chapter One 2015-10-05
Across
- Prognosis
- Glucose Tolerance Test
- Flowing
- Masculine
- Many
- Pathology
- Fast
- Body Mass Index
- EKG/ECG
- White Blood Cell
- Using an instrument to view
- gtt
- Lower than normal
- Myocardial Infarction
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- State;Usually Diseeased
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Stop
- Symptom
- Breath;Respiration
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory disease
- History
- Female;Feminine
- Eating
- Si
- Atrial Fibrillation
Down
- To cut into
- As Needed
- Chronic Obstructive Disease
- Intestines
- Pain in chest
- Diseased
- Leuko or leuk
- Acute
- Short of Breath
- Upon
- To cut out of
- TB
- Head
- Painful urination
- GI
- As needed
- Breast
- Through
- Higher than normal
- Chest
- Deficient
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Hepatitis B Virus
50 Clues: TB • GI • Si • gtt • Many • Fast • Upon • Head • Stop • Acute • Chest • Breast • Eating • Flowing • EKG/ECG • Through • Symptom • History • Diseased • Prognosis • As Needed • Masculine • Pathology • As needed • Deficient • Intestines • To cut into • Pain in chest • Leuko or leuk • To cut out of • Short of Breath • Body Mass Index • Female;Feminine • White Blood Cell • Painful urination • Lower than normal • Hepatitis B Virus • Higher than normal • ...
Medical Terminology Roots and Suffixes 2015-10-08
Across
- root meaning "skin"
- root meaning "blood" or pertaining to blood vessels
- study of the nerves and nervous system
- study of the intestines
- study of tumors and cancer
- person who is a specialist in the study of hearing and ear functioning
- person who is a specialist in the study of the intestines
- person who is a specialist in the study of the eye
- root meaning "kidney"
- person who is a specialist in the study of the heart
- study of blood or blood vessels
- root meaning "nerve"
- study of the heart
Down
- study of the kidneys
- person who is a specialist in the study of the kidneys
- person who is a specialist in the study of cancer and tumors
- person who is a specialist in the study of the nerves and nervous system
- root meaning "tumor"
- suffix meaning "the study of"
- root meaning "liver"
- study of the skin
- person who is a specialist in the study of skin
- root meaning "heart"
- suffix meaning "a person who specializes in the study of"
- study of the eye
- person who is a specialist in the study of the blood or blood vessels
- person who is a specialist in the study of the liver
- root meaning "eye"
- study of the liver
- root meaning "hearing"
- root meaning "intestines"
- study of hearing and ear functioning
32 Clues: study of the eye • study of the skin • root meaning "eye" • study of the liver • study of the heart • root meaning "skin" • study of the kidneys • root meaning "tumor" • root meaning "liver" • root meaning "heart" • root meaning "nerve" • root meaning "kidney" • root meaning "hearing" • study of the intestines • root meaning "intestines" • study of tumors and cancer • ...
