Across
- 5. can be due to deficiency of iodine in the mother's diet during pregnancy
- 7. disorder of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by impaired ability of the body to produce or respond to insulin and thereby maintain proper levels of sugar in the blood
- 9. the abuse of a certain drug
- 14. an uncommon disorder that occurs when your body doesn't produce enough of certain hormones
- 18. physiological reaction to lack of sufficient thyroid hormone in the adult
- 19. a disorder in which the adrenal gland releases too much of the hormone aldosterone into the blood
- 20. a condition that affects bone development in children
Down
- 1. a disorder that occurs when your body makes too much growth hormone
- 2. a condition of physiological calcium imbalance marked by tonic spasm of muscles and often associated with deficient parathyroid secretion
- 3. a condition in which the pituitary gland does not make enough growth hormone
- 4. abnormal growth of hair on a person's face and body, especially on a woman
- 6. an abnormally low level of the sugar glucose in the blood
- 8. a rare problem caused when the adrenal gland makes too much of a hormone called cortisol
- 10. the abnormal protrusion of the eyeball
- 11. an uncommon disorder that causes an imbalance of fluids in the body
- 12. the enlargement of the thyroid
- 13. a rare condition that causes abnormal growth in children
- 15. occurs when the level of glucose in the blood is higher than it should be
- 16. a disease characterized by excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone, an 84–amino acid polypeptide hormone
- 17. a type of depression that happens during certain seasons of the year