Dorothy Hodgkin
Across
- 2. An organic substance, essential to the body, provided in small quantities by the diet
- 5. International prizes awarded annually for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace.
- 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.
- 10. Phenomenon of ray deflection
- 11. A molecule naturally present in a living organism and which participates in its metabolism and maintenance.
- 13. A particle of a chemical element that forms the smallest amount that can combine.
- 14. One that is capable of destroying or preventing the growth of certain microorganisms.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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
- 20. A protein that stores iron in the body (liver, spleen, bone marrow).
Down
- 1. A toxin synthesized by certain species of molds of the genus Penicillium and is harmless to humans.
- 3. Large, complex molecule of amino acids, an essential component of organic matter and living things; essential component of meat.
- 4. A branch of science that examines crystals.
- 6. Protein of whey (example: in cow's milk)
- 7. Hormone secreted by the pancreas
- 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.
- 12. Arrangement of parts, as it appears when studied (example: atom)
- 17. Science that studies the properties of matter and expresses the laws that account for the material phenomena observed.
- 18. An electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light.