Medical Terminology
Across
- 4. the system composed of the heart and blood vessels
- 5. pertaining to a disease of unknown origin
- 10. definition of -itis
- 11. abnormal development
- 14. terms not built from word parts _____ be translated literally to find their meaning
- 16. -al, -ic, and -ous meaning (two words, no space)
- 18. the complete set of genes for all the cells of a specific organism
- 19. palliative means providing ____ but cure
- 20. large internal organs contained in the body cavities, especially in the abdominal cavity
- 22. word root for yellow
- 24. prefix meaning painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
- 25. what oncologists study
Down
- 1. the system that regulates specific body activities by sending and receiving messages
- 2. word root meaning liver
- 3. inatrology is the study of _____
- 4. substance that causes cancer
- 6. attached at the end of a word root to modify its meaning
- 7. the study of disease
- 8. tumor of connective tissue
- 9. suffix meaning disease
- 12. obtaining hematopoietic stem cells from an identical twin
- 13. tending to become progressively worse and to cause death
- 15. suffix meaning control, stop, standing
- 17. prefix meaning within
- 21. terms derived from an name or place
- 23. word root meaning bone