Chapter 25 Unit 8 - Glenco Health Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. A disease characterized by the accumulation of plaque on artery walls.
  2. 7. Hearing loss so severe that a person affected cannot benefit from mechanical amplification, such as a hearing aid. Mental retardation - A below average intellectual ability present from birth or early childhood and associated with difficulties in learning an social
  3. 9. A law prohibiting discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities in the workplace, transportation, public accommodations, and telecommunications.
  4. 11. An acute injury in which blood flow to the brain in interrupted.
  5. 14. Noncancerous.
  6. 15. A group of more than 100 different diseases that cause pain and loss of movement in the joints.
  7. 18. A disease of the joints in which cartilage breaks down.
  8. 19. Hardened arteries with reduced elasticity.
  9. 21. A disease characterized by the debilitating destruction of the joints due to inflammation.
  10. 22. Chemicals that can stimulate mucus and fluid production.
  11. 23. A disease that affects the heart or blood vessels.
Down
  1. 1. Pectoris Chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen.
  2. 2. A period of time when symptoms disappear. Allergy - A specific reaction of the immune system to a foreign and frequently harmless substance.
  3. 3. A disease that is not transmitted by another person, a vector, or the environment.
  4. 4. An inflammatory condition in which the small airways in the lungs become narrowed, causing difficulty in breathing.
  5. 6. High blood pressure.
  6. 8. Any physical or mental impairment that limits normal activities, including seeing hearing, walking, or speaking.
  7. 10. A chronic disease that affects the way body cells convert sugar into energy.
  8. 12. The spread of cancer from the point where it originated to other parts of the body.
  9. 13. A cancer causing substance.
  10. 16. Cancerous.
  11. 17. The removal of a small piece of tissue for examination.
  12. 19. A condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks itself, targeting the cells, tissues, and organs of a person’s own body.
  13. 20. Irregular heartbeats.