Cross Word Puzzle Flashcards
Combining form meaning “extremity, tip”
Acro
Term used to describe a disease with
unknown cause.
Idiopathic
Suffix that means “formation, growth”
Plasia
The functional unit of heredity occupying a specific
place on a chromosome
Gene
Meaning of the combining form “hist/o”
Tissue
Pertaining to the middle (opposite of lateral)
Medial
Combining form used to describe the color yellow
Xantho
Pertaining to the body
Somatic
Combining form is used to describe the color green
Chloro
Near the surface
Superficial
Injury to or pathologic change in tissue
Lesion
Stopped, standing still of blood
Hemostasis
Combining form meaning “flesh
Sacro
Position one is in when lying face down
Prone
Vertical plane that divides the body into left and right
halves
Sagittal
Most digestive organs are located in this cavity
Abdominal
Meaning of the combining form “cephal/o
Head
Condition in which there is death of bone tissue
Osteonecrosis
Medical term to describe a state of equilibrium
Homeostasis
Prefix that means “ backward, behind.”
Retro
Pertaining to the belly, front.
Ventral
Any virus, microorganism, or other substance
that causes disease
Pathogen
Surgical repair of the chest wall
Thoracoplasty
Region is located below the umbilical region
Hypogastric
Muscle between the abdominal and thoracic cavities
Diaphragm
Prefix meaning “around”
Circum
Combining form that means “smooth”
Leio
A blue discoloration of the skin and other tissues
Cyanosis
Meaning of the combining form “cyt/o”
Cell
