Medicine Through Time Key Words

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Across
  1. 1. a cut made with a knife in surgery
  2. 2. a microorganism that causes disease
  3. 3. a liquid whose vapour acts as an anaesthetic and produces unconsciousness
  4. 5. a watery discharge or diarrhoea
  5. 7. a pharmacist of chemist
  6. 8. blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  7. 9. someone suffering from leprosy, an infection that causes damage to the nerves and skin
  8. 11. a sign of a liver disorder that results in the yellowing of the skin
  9. 13. a ball of indigestible material found in the goats stomach
  10. 14. the theory that germs cause disease, often by infection through the air
  11. 15. the painful swelling of joints
  12. 16. surgery using the modern techniques, including computers, new skills and new drugs
  13. 17. a severe infection causing frequent, fluid bowel movements
  14. 18. a place where the sick are treated, a hospital
  15. 20. the infection of dead tissue causing, in some case of gas gangrene, foul smelling gas
  16. 21. a group of drugs used to treat infections caused by bacteria eg. Penicillin
  17. 25. a powerful microscope that uses electrons rather than light to produce a magnified image
  18. 30. a collection of pus caused by an infection
  19. 31. an illness that is not serious
  20. 34. the temple of the Greek God of healing Asclepius
  21. 36. an old-fashioned term for any disease causing a high fever
  22. 37. the principles by which doctors work, for the best health of the patient and to do no harm, named after Hippocrates who wrote it
  23. 41. a hormone produced by the pancreas that controls the amount of sugar in the blood
  24. 42. the physical make-up of a person
  25. 44. a scientist who studies the make up of living things
  26. 50. something that is infected
  27. 52. an instrument to view the inside of the body
  28. 55. putting a low dose of a disease into the body to help it fight against a more serious attack of the disease
  29. 57. deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that genes are made of
  30. 58. the basic unit of life which makes up the bodies of plants, animals and humans
  31. 59. the formation of disease causing germs or microorganisms
  32. 61. the growth of microorganisms in a laboratory
  33. 63. the process of giving protection from disease through the body's own immune system
  34. 64. tough elastic tissue that holds joints of the body together
  35. 65. an old-fashioned work used for someone who is insane
Down
  1. 1. protection from disease through the body's own defences or immune system
  2. 3. tread-like structures in the nuclei of cells that contain genetic information
  3. 4. a tread used to tie a blood vessel during an operation
  4. 6. a medical term for bleeding
  5. 9. a blood-sucking worm used to drain blood from a wound.
  6. 10. using a hot iron to burn body tissue. This seals a wound and stops bleeding
  7. 12. the investigation of genes and how they can be used to change how the body works
  8. 17. s symptom of disease, frequent fluid bowel movements
  9. 19. the science of understanding the structure and make-up of the body
  10. 22. the treatment of a dead body to preserve it
  11. 23. the people controlling NHS health care in the regions
  12. 24. protected against a disease
  13. 26. tuberculosis which was observed as the wasting away of the body
  14. 27. a baby before it's born
  15. 28. waste material from the stomach and the digestive system
  16. 29. unpleasant smells from waste matter. Blamed for disease in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
  17. 31. chemicals used to destroy bacteria and prevent infection
  18. 32. a charm that the wearer believes gives protection from disease
  19. 33. belief that governments should not interfere in people's lives. It prevented public health schemes from developing in the nineteenth century
  20. 35. the passing of disease from one person to the other
  21. 38. surgery
  22. 39. a drug or drugs given to produce unconsciousness before and during surgery
  23. 40. referring to the blood vessels around the heart (coronary tuberculosis, a blood clot in the coronary artery)
  24. 43. the removal of a limb by surgery
  25. 45. the treatment of opening a vein or applying leeches to draw blood from the patient. Also means the loss of blood caused by damage to the blood vessels
  26. 46. difficulty clearing the bowels
  27. 47. a phrase used in the middle ages to describe bubonic plague
  28. 48. the cutting up and examining of a body
  29. 49. a place for collecting and storing sewage
  30. 51. the prevention of disease by stopping the growth of bacteria by the use of antiseptics
  31. 53. an old-fashioned term used to describe fluid collection in the body often used to account for death
  32. 54. a sexually transmitted disease that can be treated with antibiotics
  33. 56. the study of planets and how they might influence the lives of people
  34. 60. a non-alcoholic drink
  35. 62. part of the nucleus of a cell that determines how our bodies look and work. Genes are passed from parents to children