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MEDI-CROSS
100 Medical Terminology
Crossword Puzzles
for Pre-Med, Medical, and Nursing Students,
EMTs, Massage Therapists and Other Health Care
Professionals and Crossword Lovers
John McLeod
Universal-Publishers
Boca Raton
Medi-Cross:100 Medical Terminology Crossword Puzzles for Pre-Med, Medical, and
Nursing Students, EMTs, Massage Therapists and Other Health Care Professionals
and Crossword Lovers
Universal-Publishers
Boca Raton, Florida
USA • 2010
ISBN-10: 1-59942-851-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-59942-851-2
www.universal-publishers.com
This book is dedicated to my father, Joseph Clifford McLeod, who taught me about
determination and perseverance and not giving up when the going gets tough.
May he be looking down upon me with pride.
I would also like this book to be an inspiration to my son Michael to show him that when
you have a dream, you can accomplish anything, if you really believe in it.
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for your interest in Medi-Cross crossword puzzles. This book is intended as a
tool for those whose interests are in the sciences of the human body and science in gen-
eral. It will help to expand individual vocabulary with regards to medical terminology in
a crossword puzzle format.
You will find some of the answers easy and some very difficult. There will also be
repetition of some of the shorter words (this could not be helped) throughout various puz-
zles but I think you will find the puzzles interesting and educational.
My own experience in creating these puzzles has greatly expanded my vocabulary
and helped me understand many long medical terms and how they were created.
Since the main purpose of this book is to learn, feel free to check the answers pages if
you are stuck on a word and then carry on. This is the way I started doing crosswords
years ago and I still do it today because I am always determined to finish a puzzle I have
started. Have fun!
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1. A salt of uric acid
13 14 15
6. Prefix meaning 'hand'
10. ___algia; ankle pain 16 17 18
13. Relating to the tenth
cranial nerve 19 20 21 22
14. To exude moisture
23 24
15. The ultimate outcome
16. Spectacles 25 26 27 28 29 30
18. ____taxis; slight
hemorrhage 31 32 33
19. Short for atrial septic
defect 34 35 36
20. ____grity; soundness of
37 38 39
structure
21. Bury 40 41 42
23. ____lateral; affecting the
same side of the body 43 44
24. Give medical aid to
45 46 47 48 49 50
25. The sole of the foot
28. An interatomic bond 51 52 53 54
31. _____phobia;
proctophobia 55 56 57
32. An internal layer of
protective material 58 59 60
33. Prefix meaning 'less'
34. ____itis; eyebrow region
dermatitis
35. A hair 57. _____mission; inserting 12. ____ianism; sapphism 39. Hair and nail
36. ____itis; inflammation penis into vagina 15. Causing death scleroprotein
of the uterus 58. Prefix meaning 'before' 41. The legs
17. A looplike structure
37. ___umen; earwax 59. ____ilage; joint covering 42. Vein-like structures
22. Close
38. Male copulatory organ 60. Unwanted sound 44. _____osis; bad breath
23. ____insic; of internal
39. _____thesia; sensation origin 45. Illuminating device
of muscle movements Down
24. Normal firmness in body 46. ____ture; an opening
40. Structure serving as a 1. Pigmented vascular layer tissues 47. ____osis; production and
pulley of the eyeball
25. _____algia; pain at the excretion of sweat
42. _______lateral; to the 2. Light beams anus or rectum 48. ____culus; joint
front and the side 3. Old 26. A person with Hansen 49. A division
43. An agreeable odor 4. A small outgrowth or disease 50. Plant derived juice used
44. A group of animals in a polyp 27. A colorless cell on skin
given area 5. _______cyte; an oval 28. Hairlike processes 53. Carrier of genetic
45. A small, hollow space erythrocyte projecting from cells information (abbrev.)
47. ____zone; drinking 6. _____form; rib-shaped 29. Saltpeter 54. ___phthalmos; recession
water sterilizer 7. A section of open-ended, 30. The trunk of the eyeball
48. U.S. psychiatrists' gp. flexible tubing
32. Line
51. ____exia; absence of 8. Suffix denoting subject to
35. Relating to the sole of
fever the specific action
the foot
52. Having three sides 9. Holds back for future use
36. The consciousness that
55. Prefix meaning 'beyond' 10. Percussive massage originates in the brain
or 'after' movement
38. A unit of apparent
56. ____genous; native to 11. Smallest particle loudness
2
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1. ____etent; adept
5. Diaphysis 14 15 16
10. Minute opening of the
17 18 19
skin
14. ____toe; hallux varus 20 21 22
15. The SI unit of magnetic
flux density 23 24 25
16. ____itis; inflammation
of the female gonad 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
17. Pertaining to the nose
and lip 33 34 35 36 37 38
19. ____naceous; soapy
20. The passage of urine 39 40 41
21. Surprises suddenly
42 43 44 45
23. Joint fluid
25. To move swiftly on 46 47 48
foot
26. _____algia; sciatica 49 50 51 52 53 54 55
29. _____phobia; fear of
depths 56 57 58 59 60 61
33. Toward the medial
forearm bone 62 63 64
37. ___umen; earwax
65 66 67
38. Inflammation of the
sebaceous glands of the
68 69 70
eyelids
39. Spleen
40. Prefix meaning 'upon'
or 'above'
41. ____nestic; assisting 70. ____dynia; sinew pain 18. Black and blue 48. ______mal glands; tear
the memory 22. Applies friction and sacs
42. _____derma; looseness Down 50. Gives food to
pressure
and atrophy of the skin 1. _____ medullaris; lower 24. A means of admittance 52. To give medical aid to
44. Feeling sorrow end of the spinal cord
27. _____itis; someone
45. _____motivity; power 2. Female gonad producing
inflammation of the liver 53. Elbow joint type
of spontaneous movement an egg cell
28. Pertaining to the iris 54. The act of joining
46. An enzyme released by 3. _____cephalon;
30. A shade or gradation of 55. ____iliac; posterior,
the kidney midbrain
a color pelvic joint
47. _____born; born dead 4. _____plasia; abnormal
31. To perceive by the ear 56. Inferences from the
49. Big, clumsy person differentiation of tissue
32. ____dysphoria; truth
51. Angle between ends of 5. A stoppage or
abnormal dislike of certain 57. ____path; traditional
eyelids diminution of flow
odors doctor
56. Absence of hair 6. ___iatrics; adolescent
33. Suffix meaning 58. ____let; a layer of
61. A ridgelike structure medicine
'resembling' phospholipid
62. ____pexy; surgical 7. Condition (suffix)
34. Narrow elevation of a 59. Macula
fixation of ileum 8. Skull bone shape
bone 60. ____atrial node;
63. Above the diaphragm 9. Referring to the ankle 35. ____cephalon; most pacemaker
65. ____ine; an amino acid 10. Occurring after birth, recently evolved part of the 64. ___algia; foot pain
66. One that gives with reference to the brain
67. ____aphobia; fear of newborn 36. _________algic;
public places 11. Egg shaped relieving toothache
68. Lacking in firmness 12. Forceful, unconsentual 43. ____ism; coitus
69. Detailed examination sexual intercourse interruptus
of a phenomenon 13. The sum of all instincts 45. Medial forearm artery
for self-preservation
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1. Dull, steady pain
5. Acetaminophen (abbrev.) 13 14 15 16
9. ____onic; having equal
17 18 19
tension
13. ____itis; inflammation 20 21 22 23
of a nipple
14. Basic units of living 24 25 26
things
16. A small round structure 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
17. ____locephalus; having
a flattened head 34 35 36 37 38
18. A qualitative
characteristic 39 40 41 42 43
19. Contralateral routing of
signal (acronym) 44 45 46 47 48
20. Enzyme-linked
49 50 51 52
immunosorbent assay
(acronym)
53 54 55
22. Beginning to exist
24. ___ectasis; collapsed 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
lung
26. Opening at the end of the 64 65 66 67
digestive system
27. Relating to motion 68 69 70
31. _____penia;
hypoglycemia 71 72 73
34. Canadian dental grp.
35. Beginning
37. _____algia; pain of anus
or rectum
70. Lumbus 12. A method of 50. Referring to a charged
39. ____dynia; pain in the
71. Measured quantity of a examination particle
hip joint
drug 15. Sharp momentary pain 52. Carcinoma sharing
41. _____thesia; the
72. Spleen 21. ____genesis; the thymuslike elements
sensation of muscle
73. ____blast; a cell formation of gas (acronym)
movements
nucleolus 23. Soft innermost layer of a 54. Referring to the kidney
43. ____brachium; forearm
tooth 56. Asthma, bronchitis, or
44. _____genic; causing Down 25. A connection emphysema (abbrev.)
secretion 1. ____roma; artery wall 27. Roman 1300 57. ____genesis;
46. _____itis; inflammation mass
28. Smells development of life from
of adipose tissue 2. ____uria; presence of bile
29. Lateral attachment of nonlife
48. ___ines; dogs in blood
inguinal ligament (abbrev.) 58. Focusing device
49. _____form; pouched 3. Muscular failure on one
30. _____form; lens-shaped 59. ____form; shaped like a
51. Free from legal or moral side of the body leather bottle
wrong 32. The act of becoming
4. ______lysis; dissolution 60. Unit of perceived
53. Pertaining to the ear pregnant
of elastic fibers loudness
55. Expiratory positive 33. Occurring every eighth
5. Activated clotting time 62. Enzyme-multiplied
airway pressure (abbrev.) day
(abbrev.) immunoassay technique
56. Great bone of the heel 36. Puberty person
6. ____buccal; surrounding (abbrev.)
61. _____pyesis; 38. Bed covering for
the cheek 63. ____rrhagia; excessive
suppuration in bone administering oxygen
7. ____ine; an amino acid uterine bleeding
64. To follow commands 40. A neoplastic oxyphil cell
8. A fold 66. Endometrial
65. Metatarsus adductus 42. Of sound mind
9. Notch intraepithelial neoplasia
67. A measure of duration 45. Prefix meaning 'eight'
10. Tender (abbrev.)
68. 16 fluid ounces (U.S.) 47. ____phobia; fear of
11. ____toid; tooth-shaped
certain places
69. _____vore; meat-eater
4
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1. The soul or life
6. ____emia; blood volume 14 15 16
deficiency
17 18 19
10. Cripple
14. Minute openings of the 20 21 22
skin
15. The cheek 23 24 25 26
16. Prefix meaning 'within'
17. Teething 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
19. Protective cover on the
dorsal distal phalanges 35 36 37 38
20. _____algia; intestinal
pain 39 40 41 42 43
21. Consume
44 45 46 47
22. ____onic; having equal
tension 48 49 50 51
23. ____osia; drinking of
urine 52 53 54 55
25. Bone ridge
27. ____osis; swelling of 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
the eye lining
30. To elicit a tendon 63 64 65 66
reflex
32. Tumor 67 68 69
35. She
70 71 72
36. ____versible;
permanent
38. Edematous
39. Smallest particle
41. The legs 67. Adhesive connective 10. Cresent-shaped knee 37. _____phobia; fear of
43. Unit of perceived tissue joint cartilage solitude
loudness 68. ____omy; body 11. To open one structure 40. That of which
44. In utero development structure study into another something is made
after the eighth week 69. _____cephalus; small- 12. ____pathic; of 42. ______ophobia; fear of
46. ____tia; denoting lack headed person unknown origin spiders
of force 70. Egg-shaped 13. To shed an outer 45. ___mus; pH indicator
47. The breaking of a 71. ____lysis; the covering 49. Pertaining to the belly
religious or moral law destruction of cells 18. Referring to iris 51. Incomplete antigen
48. Pertaining to lust 72. Looplike structures inflammation 53. Live-in child-care
50. Swelling (suffix) 24. _____cide; act of worker
51. ____lytic; destructive Down killing either parent 55. SI unit of magnetic flux
to red blood cells 1. ___phenia; perception of 26. ___eritis; intestinal density
52. _____cephalon; pons connections in unrelated inflammation 56. ____genic; producing
and cerebellum things 27. A state of rage pain
54. Prefix meaning 'eight' 2. Small round structure
28. _____ergic; having 57. ____arium; skull
56. ____ology; study of 3. It's atomic number is 26 different effects braincase
mites and ticks 4. Chin 29. Excessive inclination 59. Med school applicant's
58. ___bert; unit of 5. 'Star-shaped' (prefix) to eroticism test (abbrev.)
brightness 6. Tumor (suffix) 31. Food with laxative 61. Elicits a tendon reflex
60. Prefix meaning 'seven' 7. Treat with a light beam properties 62. ____gonist; agonist's
63. ____ary; adapted for device 33. The size of a drop of opposer
tearing 8. _____ crest; pelvic ridge water 65. ___dynia; earache
64. Irregular 9. Prefix meaning 'stomach' 34. _____dynia; gland pain 66. Digitus pedis
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1. Gonorrhea
5. Fog with smoke 14 15 16
9. Young females
17 18 19
14. ____lytic; destructive
to red blood cells 20 21
15. Hollows
16. _____thymia; inability 22 23 24 25 26
to describe one's emotions
17. Nosebleed 27 28 29 30 31
19. A fat insoluble in water
20. Referring to the mind 32 33 34 35 36
21. Inability to speak
37 38 39 40 41
22. Prefix referring to the
mouth
42 43 44 45
23. ____xeny; change of
host by a parasite 46 47 48
26. ____ceptor; nerve
ending that detects pain 49 50 51 52 53 54
27. Masturbation
29. ___cyx; tailbone 55 56 57 58
32. _____poiesis; blood
vessel formation 59 60 61 62
35. Linkage between two
63 64 65
atoms
36. ___phenia; perception
66 67 68
of connections in unrelated
things
37. Moving backward
39. _______esis; vomiting
of blood 66. Glycoprotein portion of 21. Positive electrode 52. Toward the median
42. ___matomania; a photopigment 24. A small, solid dosage plane of the body
abnormal impulse to dwell 67. ____itis; inflammation 25. ___dynia; earache 53. _____genic; causing
on certain words of the spinal cord 27. Roman three secretion
43. Wax 68. ____toid; tooth-shaped 28. Inspire 54. _____cephalon;
45. _____virus; disease 30. Not obstructed midbrain
transmitted by rodents Down 55. ____genesis; origin
1. _____therapy; drug 31. Brain state of total
46. ___ology; the science unresponsiveness and growth of a neoplasm
of dosage treatment for cancer 56. Soft innermost layer of
2. Person with Hansen 32. ____tosis; cell suicide
47. To maim a tooth
disease 33. Prefix meaning 'one
49. ____opia; night vision billionth' 58. ____mania;
51. Denature 3. _____ acid; protein part hypochondriacism
4. Prefix meaning 'after' 34. Inflammation of the
52. Roman 1900 tongue 60. Neck flexor (abbrev.)
55. Drug that induces sleep 5. Measuring devices 61. ___esthesia; cold
38. Sharp or severe
57. ______ology; study of 6. ___imal; the greatest sensitivity
40. Anything that occupies
sexual diseases possible 62. An alkaline percolate
space and has mass
59. _____tive; capable of 7. ___form; egg-shaped from wood ashes
41. ___flexia; lack of
nourishing 8. Flatulence
reflexes
60. A hardening with loss 9. Four quarts
44. A circular edge
of tissue elasticity 10. _____ crest; pelvic
47. Process of changing
63. _____phobia; fear of ridge
position
going to bed 11. To make an exact copy
48. ______itis;
64. ____lysis; destruction 12. Roman sixty-two
inflammation of a tooth
by cold 13. French for AIDS socket
65. Of sound mind 18. A cotton plug 50. _____vore; meat-eater
6
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1. ____fugal; avoiding light
5. Totally unresponsive brain state 14 15 16