Medical Math Terminology

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Across
  1. 2. A scale of temperature on which water freezes at and boils at under standard conditions.
  2. 3. (two words)Changing numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, and so on.
  3. 6. (two words)A real or imaginary flat surface from which an angle is measured.
  4. 9. (two words)Symbols in the old Roman notation that represent numbers.
  5. 13. A method of naming.
  6. 15. (two words)A convention of time keeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours.
  7. 16. Numbers used to express either a whole or part of a whole.
  8. 18. (two words)Fractions that have numerators that are larger than the denominators.
  9. 19. One way of expressing parts of numbers or anything else that has been divided into parts, with the parts being expressed in units of 10.
  10. 21. A way of expressing numbers that represent parts of a whole.
  11. 22. (two words)A decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, capacity, and weight or mass.
Down
  1. 1. (two words)Numbers that are traditionally used to count (1, 2, 3, …); they do not contain fractions.
  2. 4. (two words)A system of units developed so patients could measure out dosages at home using ordinary containers found in the kitchen.
  3. 5. A scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees under standard conditions.
  4. 7. (two words)A system used for weighing drugs and solutions, brought to the United States from England during the colonial period
  5. 8. Measurements in degrees of the distance between a reference plane and a line drawn from a point on the plane.
  6. 10. Comparison used to show relationships between numbers or like values; for example, how many of one number or value is present as compared with the other.
  7. 11. Calculating the approximate answer.
  8. 12. The multiplicative inverse of a number or fraction; a fraction that has been inverted or turned upside down so the denominator becomes the numerator.
  9. 14. A scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees under standard conditions.
  10. 17. A statement of equality between two ratios, or the relationship of one part to another part.
  11. 20. A unit of measurement.