Chapter One, Introduction to Medical Terminology (Word Parts, Suffixes, Combining Forms, and Terms)

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Across
  1. 3. root; contains the basic meaning of the term and usually (not always) indicates the body part that is involved
  2. 6. large, abnormal size, or long
  3. 9. always comes at the end of the word and indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease
  4. 10. right side
  5. 11. toward, to, in the direction of
  6. 14. deficient, decreased
  7. 17. always comes at the beginning of a word and usually (not always) indicates location, time, number, or status
  8. 18. bad, difficult, or painful
  9. 21. pain, suffering
  10. 22. red
  11. 25. abnormal condition, disease
  12. 26. before
  13. 28. surgical repair
  14. 30. scanty, few
  15. 31. rupture
  16. 32. white
  17. 35. visual examination
  18. 36. abnormal softening
  19. 38. flow, discharge
  20. 39. a picture or record
  21. 40. black
  22. 41. after, behind
  23. 42. surgical removal, cutting out
Down
  1. 1. blue
  2. 2. cutting, surgical incision
  3. 4. pain
  4. 5. micr/o; small
  5. 7. abnormal narrowing
  6. 8. enlargement
  7. 12. excessive, increased
  8. 13. in, into, not, without
  9. 15. the process of producing a picture or record
  10. 16. mega-; large, great
  11. 19. tissue death
  12. 20. left side
  13. 23. surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
  14. 24. abnormal hardening
  15. 26. gray
  16. 27. inflammation
  17. 29. form; word root WITH a combining vowel
  18. 33. out of, outside, away from
  19. 34. bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
  20. 36. surgical suturing
  21. 37. away from, negative, absent
  22. 38. the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body’s surface