Across
- 1. persisting for a long time
- 3. genetic heritage passed down
- 6. can be spread person to person
- 8. cancerous
- 10. substance that has many effects in the body
- 11. person's airway becomes inflamed, narrow, and inflamed, narrow, and swell, making it hard to breathe
- 13. disorders disorder that occurs at birth
- 16. cancer treatment to kill fast growing cells
- 17. when a person reacts to substances in the environment that are harmless to most people
- 20. occurs again 2
- 21. stiffness of the joints
- 22. removal of cells or tissue for examination
- 23. blocked blood supply to the brain
Down
- 2. blood against the artery walls is too high
- 4. body doesn't make enough insulin or can’t use it properly
- 5. hormone made by islet cells in the pancreas
- 7. not cancerous
- 9. thickening of artery walls
- 12. skin rash by a reaction to food, medicine, etc.
- 14. disease where an abnormal number of cells divide and destroy body tissue
- 15. disappearance of all signs of cancer
- 18. attack blocked blood flow to the heart
- 19. arthritis that occurs when flexible tissue at the bones wears down
- 24. abnormal growth of tissue
