Medical Eponyms Crossword Puzzle
Eponyms are a long-standing tradition in medicine. Eponyms often involve honoring a prominent physician-scientist who played a major role in the identification of the disease.
Solve the crossword to review the more common medical eponyms in use today.
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Medical Terminology Crossword: Medical Prefixes
Prefixes are used to modify the meaning of a medical term and are commonly used to build medical terms made up of word parts.
Solve the Medical Prefixes Crossword, and be reminded of what prefixes mean and how they are used in the language of medicine.
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Medical Terminology Crossword: Medical Acronyms
Acronyms are commonly used in medical and everyday language. Often, we use an acronym without knowing where it comes from or how it is formed. What is an acronym? Is it the same as an abbreviation? Read the post to find the answers and have fun solving the crossword.
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Medical Terminology Crossword: Word Roots
Short on time? Check your knowledge of a few common medical word roots by solving this fun mini crossword.
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Medical Terminology Flashcards – Paper Rules
How often have you seen students overwhelmed by the number of word parts they need to memorize in a short period of time?
Read this article on how you can help them effectively use the ‘old fashioned’ paper flashcard method to learn word parts and save time doing it.
Homonyms in Medical Language
Homonyms – terms that sound alike but have a different meaning, for example, ileum and ilium. Misuse may cause harm and at the very least be embarrassing. Take care in their use. Check out the post for guidelines.
Video: Word Parts
Learn how to approach medical terms built from word parts by breaking them up into prefix, word root, suffix.
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Homonyms in Medical Language
Homonyms -terms that sound alike but have a different meaning, for example, two, too and to, or in medical language, ileum and ilium. They can be confusing. Misuse may cause harm and at the very least be embarrassing. Be safe in their use. Read this post on the proper use of medical homonyms.
