Medical Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Most common form of sleep apnea that occurs when the brain fails to stimulate breathing muscles
  2. 4. removal of occluding material from the interior of an artery
  3. 5. Absence of the sense of smell
  4. 7. Partial or complete loss of consciousness usually created by a decreased supply of blood to the brain
  5. 8. Prefix for blood vessel
  6. 9. Acute, infectious disease characterized by a cough that has a characteristic "whoop" sound
  7. 10. surgical procedure in which an opening is made in the neck and into the trachea into which a breathing tube may be inserted
  8. 11. Paralysis of the voice box
Down
  1. 1. act on the immune system by blocking production of substances that trigger allergic and inflammatory actions
  2. 3. blockers block the effect of adrenaline, which slows nerve pulses through the heart, causing a decrease in heart rate
  3. 6. Narrowing of a vessel, especially the aorta
  4. 12. Prefix for fatty plaque