Across
- 3. If a part of your body is in plaster, it has a plaster cast around it to protect it while a broken bone repairs itself
- 8. a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered the body
- 10. a cylinder-shaped piece of equipment used for sucking liquid out of something or pushing liquid into something, especially one with a needle that can be put under the skin and used to inject drugs, remove small amounts of blood, etc
- 12. a disease which can be cured
- 13. fall down, faint eg. from heat exhaustion
- 14. a person who is trained to do medical work, especially in an emergency, but who is not a doctor or nurse
Down
- 1. a treatment for pain or illness in which thin needles are positioned just under the surface of the skin at special points around the body
- 2. to give someone a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent them from getting a disease
- 4. become healthy after being ill
- 5. infectious, catching
- 6. help
- 7. this is what the doctor does when you visit him/her
- 9. a kind of medication the doctor prescribes
- 11. a doctor who provides general medical treatment for people who live in a particular area