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Across
  1. 3. diseases that can not be transmitted
  2. 6. the most common form of arthritis
  3. 7. substance that can cause an allergic reaction
  4. 8. a substance capable of causing
  5. 10. a drug that causes widening of the bronchi, e.g., any of those taken by inhalation for the alleviation of asthma.
  6. 14. blood pressure that is higher than normal
  7. 15. those that stay in their primary location without invading other sites of the body
  8. 16. a procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries caused by coronary artery disease.
  9. 18. a chemical found in some of the body's cells
  10. 20. illness persisting for a long time
  11. 21. called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes
  12. 22. a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body
  13. 23. a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
  14. 24. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans
  15. 25. passing on of physical or mental characteristics
  16. 26. painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
  17. 27. the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls
  18. 28. the thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries
  19. 29. A disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs changes for the worse over time
Down
  1. 1. Something that increases the chance of developing a disease
  2. 2. causes itchy welts that may be triggered by foods, medications or other substances
  3. 4. a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and ankles.
  4. 5. occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts
  5. 9. cells that grow uncontrollably and spread locally and/or to distant sites
  6. 11. disease that gets over time
  7. 12. a disease that affects your lungs.
  8. 13. health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy
  9. 14. a sudden and sometimes fatal occurrence of coronary thrombosis, typically resulting in the death of part of a heart muscle
  10. 17. a drug or other compound that inhibits the physiological effects of histamine, used especially in the treatment of allergies.
  11. 19. an impairment in the way the body regulates and uses sugar as fuel
  12. 20. structural or functional anomalies that occur during intrauterine life
  13. 28. hyper reaction to a substances