Medical Terminology



Across
1. combining form for blood
6. white blood cells
8. combining form for agglutinin
12. medications used to prevent blood clotting
13. abnormal increase in blood platelets
15. removal of the thyroid
17. hardening of the arteries
18. protective sac that covers the pericardial cavity
20. connects placenta to naval fetus
21. second contraction in blood pressure, relaxation
22. combining form for eating, devouring
23. glandular cancer
25. pregnancy
26. combining form for red
27. rapid but regular heartbeat
   
Down
2. image of blood vessels
3. inflammation of nose
4. inflammation of fallopian tube
5. glandular or lymph node disease
7. ovary
9. combining form for gland
10. underactive thyroid gland
11. excision of the parathyroid gland
14. women who maintained a pregnancy until live birth
16. removal of thymus
18. inflammation of vein
19. enlargement of the adrenal glands
22. inflammation of pancreas
23. general term for when RBC’s don’t carry enough oxygen
24. frictional sound indicating pericardial murmur