Illnesses and injuries
Across
- 4. — A tubular device that can draw liquid from a source or inject liquid into a target, especially one with a sharp tip that can pierce the skin and deliver drugs, extract blood samples, etc.
- 5. — To push something firmly, usually without making it move away from you permanently.
- 6. — To be unable to breathe because of something in the throat.
- 9. — Not awake or aware of anything around you, usually because of a head injury.
- 10. — To move something over a surface with pressure and friction.
- 12. — To make a small cut or mark on a surface or your skin with something sharp or rough.
- 14. — Physical damage to someone's body caused by an accident or an attack.
- 16. — Moist in a way that is unpleasant or uncomfortable.
- 19. — A disease caused by bacteria or a virus that affects a part of your body.
- 20. — A fatty substance found in the blood and body tissue of all animals, which can cause heart disease if there is too much of it.
- 21. — To squeeze something, especially someone's skin, hard between two things such as a finger and a thumb, causing pain.
Down
- 1. — Discomfort in your stomach when you have eaten food that is hard to digest.
- 2. — The amount of heat in a place or in the body, measured by a thermometer.
- 3. — Having a negative reaction to something, usually caused by an allergy.
- 7. — Immediate care given to someone who is injured or ill until more advanced treatment is available.
- 8. — The act of putting a liquid, usually a drug, into someone's body with a needle and a syringe.
- 11. — A strip of cloth that is wrapped around a wound or an injured part of someone's body.
- 13. — A doctor who is trained to perform medical operations.
- 15. — A medical procedure in which a doctor cuts open someone's body to repair, remove, or replace a damaged part.
- 17. — A steady pain that is not very strong but unpleasant.
- 18. — Many small red spots on the skin that are often itchy.