Terminology
Across
- 3. Suffix meaning ‘urine condition.
- 4. Term part meaning ‘fast,’ often used in heart and breathing terms.
- 7. First letter of this prefix (starts ‘tachy‑’) means ‘fast’; complete the full word in Down. Term meaning ‘abnormally fast breathing.
- 9. Prefix meaning ‘above normal, excessive
- 10. Suffix meaning ‘breathing.
- 11. Term meaning ‘excessive urination.
- 13. Prefix meaning ‘many, much,’ used in a term for excessive urination.
- 15. Prefix meaning ‘within, inside,’ as in ‘within a vein.
- 18. Suffix meaning ‘inflammation,’ often seen after organ roots.
- 19. Root meaning ‘kidney,’ used with ‘‑itis’ to mean kidney inflammation.
- 20. Prefix meaning ‘slow.
Down
- 1. Prefix meaning ‘above normal, excessive.
- 2. Term meaning ‘under the skin’ (as in injections).
- 5. First two letters of the root for ‘heart’ that appear in several cardiac terms. Term meaning ‘abnormally slow heart rate.
- 6. Prefix meaning ‘below normal, deficient’ (used in ‘glycemia’ for low blood sugar).
- 8. Prefix meaning ‘around,’ used in term for the sac surrounding the heart.
- 12. Term meaning ‘within the vein.
- 14. Prefix meaning ‘little, scant’ (used in ‘‑uria’ for decreased urine).
- 16. Root meaning ‘heart,’ as in slow or fast heart rate conditions.
- 17. Term meaning ‘inflammation around the heart.