Medical Terminology Crossword by Maria Sanchez

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Across
  1. 3. Prefix meaning outside, outward.
  2. 5. Prefix meaning slow.
  3. 7. A condition in which small, blisterlike pockets develop in the inner lining of the large intestine and may balloon through the intestinal wall.
  4. 9. Respiratory disease characterized by decreased elasticity of the alveoli.
  5. 12. Prefix meaning large.
  6. 18. Generic term for an agent that stimulates development of male characteristics.
  7. 19. Prefix meaning under, below, deficient.
  8. 20. PFT That measures how much and how quickly air moves in and out of the lungs.
  9. 24. Seals off the air passage to the lungs during swallowing.
  10. 26. Suffix that means visual examination.
  11. 27. Disorder in which breathing stops repeatedly during sleep.
  12. 29. Drug that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, usually in the stomach.
  13. 30. The second layer of the skin which is also called the dermis.
  14. 31. A protrusion of any organ.
  15. 32. Suffix that means surgical repair.
Down
  1. 1. A word element attached to the beginning of a word or word root.
  2. 2. Created when a word root is combined with a vowel.
  3. 4. Gas in the GI tract.
  4. 6. Suffix that means prolapse and or downward displacement.
  5. 8. One of the three parts of the small intestine. This part is 12 feet long.
  6. 10. Pertaining to the midline of the body or structure.
  7. 11. Directional term meaning lying on the abdomen face down.
  8. 13. Clinical term for fat.
  9. 14. Suffix that means record or writing.
  10. 15. Acute inflammation of the membranes of the nose also called rhinitis.
  11. 16. Areas of tissue that have been pathologically altered by injury, wound, or infection.
  12. 17. The study of the body at the cellular level.
  13. 20. Word element placed at the end of a word that alters its meaning.
  14. 21. Prefix meaning backward, behind.
  15. 22. Sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism.
  16. 23. Suffix that means incision.
  17. 25. At the bottom of the follicle is a loop of capillaries enclosed in a covering called the _____.
  18. 28. The abdominal cavity is divided into four ______.