Medical Vocab
Across
- 1. an illness in which the body has a serve response to bacteria or other germs
- 9. rapid onset
- 10. no respirations
- 11. inflammation of the skin
- 12. clear portion of blood
- 14. anatomically toward the back
- 15. bowel movement
- 16. undescended testicles
- 17. slow heart rate
- 18. vomiting
- 20. escape of fluid from blood vessels or lymphatics into tissue or cavities
- 21. blood in feces
- 23. "fluid around the heart"
- 26. on the side
- 28. excessive thirst
- 32. an open sore on an external or internal surface of the body
- 33. situated towards the midline of the body
- 34. urination
- 35. having an elevated body temperature
- 36. difficulty breathing
- 38. an obstruction caused by twisting of the stomach or intestine
Down
- 2. pus in the uterine cavity
- 3. mentally dulled
- 4. blueish discoloration of skin and mucous membranes from lack of oxygen.
- 5. abnormally large amounts of fluid in the intercellular tissue spaces of the body
- 6. inflammation of the stomach and intestines
- 7. how quickly skin returns to normal after being slightly pulled
- 8. the widening of blood vessels, which decreased blood pressure
- 13. low heart rate
- 19. under the skin
- 22. an excess for carbon dioxide in the blood
- 24. condition of having a deficiency of red blood cells
- 25. decrease in oxygen
- 27. not producing urine
- 29. a small red or purple spot caused by bleeding in to the skin
- 30. fever
- 31. bloody urine
- 37. the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by the hematocrit