Medical Terminology
Across
- 3. Surgical joining of two ducts, vessels, or bowel segments to allow flow from one to another
- 5. Softening of the brain tissue
- 6. Inflammation of the liver
- 8. Severe bacterial infection of the tissues that spreads to the blood; aka sepsis
- 9. An imaginary flat surface that divides the body into two sections
- 11. Suffix describing the origin or formation of something
- 14. Pertaining to one nucleus
- 15. Suffix meaning the fixation of an organ
- 17. Near, beside; beyond
- 18. Three heads
- 20. Intense itching
- 22. Slow heart rate
- 23. Removal of a representative tissue sample from a body site for microscopic examination
- 24. Infestation with lice, transmitted by personal contact or common use of brushes or head wear
- 25. Surgical procedure used to replace or compensate for a previously implanted device or correct an undesirable result or effect
- 26. Excessive calcium in the blood
Down
- 1. X-ray technique that uses a fluorescent screen that displays internal structures in continuous motion
- 2. Scraping of a body cavity with a spoon-shaped instrument
- 4. Contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite
- 7. Surgical puncture of a joint
- 10. Inflammation of the stomach
- 12. Within the muscle
- 13. Tumor of the liver
- 16. Sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place in a cell or on an organism
- 19. Forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea
- 21. Movement of a limb away from (the body)