medical terminology
Across
- 3. a flat reddened patch of skin
- 4. acute or chronic inflammation of skin
- 7. night blindness
- 9. sudden involuntary and sometimes, violent contraction of a group of skeletal muscles accompanied by loss of consciousness
- 10. contagious infection of the epidermis; many different varieties such as plantar or linear
- 11. specialist on heart
- 15. weakness in a distal area of the peripheral nerve as a result of trauma or degeneration
- 18. a contagious bacterial infection of the skin
- 19. inflammation of the testes
- 20. inflammation of the breast
- 22. a decrease in muscle cell size from either disease or disuse
Down
- 1. muscle pain
- 2. inflammation of a nerve
- 5. another name for wryneck, is a deformity of the neck causing tilting or rotation to one side
- 6. farsightedness in older adults
- 7. nerve pain
- 8. abbreviation of temporomandibular joint dysfunction
- 12. abnormal refraction of light coming into the eye
- 13. any skin disorder, particularly one that does not involve inflammation
- 14. inflammation of the gums
- 16. itching
- 17. nearsightedness
- 21. a benign tumor of the gland