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••Fall 2004/Vol. 8, No. 4

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Crossword


"Numeric Endings" in Medicine
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Created by Kenneth J Berniker, MD

Click here for the answers to this puzzle.

Across
1
TB tests

5 ___ Wrap

10 Took advantage of

14 Zygomatic ___

15 Flexor ___ ulnaris

16 Right away

17 Administers a powerful diuretic

19 The healing ___

20 Give more than recommended, as a dose

21 Feeling nice and cozy

23 Desirable EKG pattern (abbr)

24 TV personality Jay

25 ___-square (statistical term)

28 Overseas mailing abbreviation

31 Port on the Black Sea

33 Quarrelsome wife

34 Negated the effect of, as a drug

37 Trademark inscriptions by Al Hirschfeld

39 Singers Nicks and Wonder

40 Designations of professors
honored in retirement

42 Goofed

43 Enraged

44 Mexico or England preceder

45 Mariners' Suzuki

48 Before, poetically

49 Bullring call

50 Film ___

51 Org for Shaq (abbr)

54 Gold bar

56 Brief rest

60 Liver feature

62 Calcaneus or 2nd cuneiform,
for example

65 Actor who played The Cowardly Lion

66 Semiconductor powerhouse

67 ___Vista

68 Is ___ (enjoys a lot)

69 Automotive symbol of failure

70 Digits

Down
1 Attempt to reach, as a consultant
2 Grand ___

3 695, to Caesar

4 Actor Charlie or Martin

5 Become hard and fibrotic

6 Life-threatening condition
in the belly (abbr)

7 Reading, B&O, and others (abbr)

8 Upper portions of the lungs

9 Richard and Pat
10 Org for pilots and ground crews (abbr)

11 Deadly poison

12 Ingest

13 Dangerous complication of EtOH abuse (abbr)

18 Radical org of the 60s (abbr)

22 Indicated the occurrence of pain

24 Was in front

26 Potential source of CO poisoning in a room
27 Confidential, as of knowledge

28 Prefix indicating poisonous element 33

29 Stormy ___

30 Too heavy

32 Hormone that causes cancer in offspring (abbr)

35 Christmas or New Year's preceder

36 Atop, as a horse

38 Anger

40 Pinna location

41 Doc carrying the beeper (expression including abbr)

43 Russian spaceship
46 Body louse, especially in kid talk

47 ___-run (possible play for 45-Across)

52 Dimercaprol, for short

53 Taking one's turn to hit (2 words)

55 "Fiddling" emperor

57 ___ contendere

58 Pay to get in the game

59 Legumes

60 Actor Wallach

61 Steely ___

63 Ventilator adjustors (abbr)

64 Get the picture



Author information

 
Kenneth J Berniker, MD

Kenneth J Berniker, MD, is a board certified emergency physician at the Vallejo Medical Center, and a medical writer and editor. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York Medical College. Dr Berniker has written for audiences including physicians, nurses/allied health professionals, and the public. His interests include bridge, digital photography, and both standard and cryptic crossword puzzles. Please e-mail your comments: kenneth.berniker@kp.org.

 

 

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