MEDICAL TERMS
Across
- 2. High blood sugar levels.
- 7. The spread of cancer cells to new areas of the body.
- 11. Administered through a vein.
- 12. condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin.
- 13. An abnormal heart rhythm.
- 14. medicine used to treat bacterial infections.
- 15. The process of delivering oxygen to the body’s tissues.
- 18. Swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in the body’s tissues.
- 20. heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate.
Down
- 1. Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues.
- 3. The insertion of a tube into the windpipe to assist breathing.
- 4. condition of abnormally high blood pressure
- 5. life-threatening condition caused by the body’s response to an infection.
- 6. Relating to the muscular tissue of the heart.
- 8. An infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs.
- 9. Relating to the kidneys.
- 10. tube inserted into the body for removing fluids.
- 16. drug used to relieve pain.
- 17. The process of stopping bleeding.
- 19. medical test involving the removal of tissue to examine for disease.