Learning Medical Terms

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Across
  1. 4. excessive dryness of the skin
  2. 7. a procedure to enable visualization of the interior of organs and cavities with a lighted instrument
  3. 8. excessive body hair, especially in woman
  4. 12. a protective response of body tissue that includes symptoms of redness, swelling, heat, and pain
  5. 13. A general term for an itchy red rash that may be come crusted, thickened, or scaly
  6. 14. refers to the use of liquid nitrogen to destroy or eliminate abnormal tissue cells
  7. 16. refers to excision of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or other part of the body for microscopic examination
Down
  1. 1. a band of scare tissue that binds anatomical surfaces that normally are separate from each other
  2. 2. a medical term for warts, moles, and pimples
  3. 3. a severe bacterial infection in the blood in which toxins circulating in the blood cause severe systemic symptoms
  4. 5. directs x-rays through the body to a fluorescent screen to view the motion of organs, such as the digestive tract and heart
  5. 6. a transplantation of healthy tissue from one site to another site in the same individual
  6. 9. a black tumor
  7. 10. a hernia that contains fat or fatty cells
  8. 11. a fungal infection of the nails
  9. 15. a production of shadow images on photographic film