Disease and medicine 2 - agb
Across
- 2. a sign of an illness
- 3. not harmful medically
- 5. good medical advice: get a second _______
- 6. an abnormal growth in your body that can be benign or malignant
- 7. any material that helps a patient fight disease or recover from an illness
- 10. a disease-causing microbe
- 11. another word for operation
- 16. heal an illness
- 20. a substance used to immunize people
- 22. a disease that spreads widely
- 24. a _______ ailment is an ailment that comes back again and again
- 26. something used to relieve pain
- 27. an organism such as a worm that lives inside another organism
- 28. another word for illness (usually mild or chronic)
- 30. a regular visit to a doctor to make sure you are healthy even when no symptoms are apparent
Down
- 1. a scientific term for germ
- 4. an invasion of your body by a disease-causing microbe
- 8. protected against catching a certain disease
- 9. something your doctor gives you so you can get medicine
- 12. a family doctor: a _______ practitioner
- 13. a microorganism such as a virus or bacterium that causes disease
- 14. a single-celled, disease-causing microbe
- 15. a doctor that specializes in one type of disease
- 17. a person who seeks medical aid
- 18. a microbe such as a mold that can cause disease
- 19. get over an illness
- 21. medicines that kill living microbes such as bacteria or fungi
- 23. a __________ disease is a disease that can be spread from person to person
- 25. another word for cure
- 29. the steps and medicines needed to cure a disease