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