Dorothy Hodgkin

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Across
  1. 2. An organic substance, essential to the body, provided in small quantities by the diet
  2. 5. International prizes awarded annually for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace.
  3. 9. is a lipid essential to the body: it composes and maintains the structure of the membranes of our body's cells and plays a role in the synthesis of certain hormones.
  4. 10. Phenomenon of ray deflection
  5. 11. A molecule naturally present in a living organism and which participates in its metabolism and maintenance.
  6. 13. A particle of a chemical element that forms the smallest amount that can combine.
  7. 14. One that is capable of destroying or preventing the growth of certain microorganisms.
  8. 15. A very small infectious agent that has only one type of nucleic acid, DNA or RNA, and can only reproduce by parasitizing a cell.
  9. 16. A chemical substance produced by a group of cells or an endocrine gland that exerts a specific action on the functioning of an organ (e.g. progesterone or testosterone)
  10. 19. The branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances
  11. 20. A protein that stores iron in the body (liver, spleen, bone marrow).
Down
  1. 1. A toxin synthesized by certain species of molds of the genus Penicillium and is harmless to humans.
  2. 3. Large, complex molecule of amino acids, an essential component of organic matter and living things; essential component of meat.
  3. 4. A branch of science that examines crystals.
  4. 6. Protein of whey (example: in cow's milk)
  5. 7. Hormone secreted by the pancreas
  6. 8. chronic inflammatory disease of the joints evolving by relapses. It is an autoimmune disease, but several immunological, genetic, hormonal and environmental factors are necessary for it to occur.
  7. 12. Arrangement of parts, as it appears when studied (example: atom)
  8. 17. Science that studies the properties of matter and expresses the laws that account for the material phenomena observed.
  9. 18. An electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light.