Chapter One, Introduction to Medical Terminology (Word Parts, Suffixes, Combining Forms, and Terms)
Across
- 3. root; contains the basic meaning of the term and usually (not always) indicates the body part that is involved
- 6. large, abnormal size, or long
- 9. always comes at the end of the word and indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease
- 10. right side
- 11. toward, to, in the direction of
- 14. deficient, decreased
- 17. always comes at the beginning of a word and usually (not always) indicates location, time, number, or status
- 18. bad, difficult, or painful
- 21. pain, suffering
- 22. red
- 25. abnormal condition, disease
- 26. before
- 28. surgical repair
- 30. scanty, few
- 31. rupture
- 32. white
- 35. visual examination
- 36. abnormal softening
- 38. flow, discharge
- 39. a picture or record
- 40. black
- 41. after, behind
- 42. surgical removal, cutting out
Down
- 1. blue
- 2. cutting, surgical incision
- 4. pain
- 5. micr/o; small
- 7. abnormal narrowing
- 8. enlargement
- 12. excessive, increased
- 13. in, into, not, without
- 15. the process of producing a picture or record
- 16. mega-; large, great
- 19. tissue death
- 20. left side
- 23. surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
- 24. abnormal hardening
- 26. gray
- 27. inflammation
- 29. form; word root WITH a combining vowel
- 33. out of, outside, away from
- 34. bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
- 36. surgical suturing
- 37. away from, negative, absent
- 38. the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body’s surface