Across
- 4. word root plus combining vowel separated by a slash; example, hepat/o
- 5. attached at the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning; example, sub-
- 8. are words used to describe disease as well as aspects of medicine and health care
- 10. terms derived from the name of a person or place
- 12. study of
- 13. terms formed from the first letter of words in a phrase that can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel
- 14. one who studies and treats
- 15. placing word parts together to form terms
- 17. means pertaining to a straight child or foot,
Down
- 1. attached at the end of a word root to modify its meaning; example, -ic
- 2. core of a word; example, hepat
- 3. is the use of medical terms to attain a standardized means of communication within the practice of medicine and in the healthcare industry.
- 6. applying the meaning of each word part contained in the medical term to derive its meaning
- 7. which means inflammation of the bone and joint,
- 9. dividing medical terms into word parts, then labeling each word part and combining form
- 11. usually an o used between two word roots or a word root and suffix to ease pronunciation; example, hepat o pathy
- 16. The majority of terms in use today are built from (_____)