Across
- 4. A hormone that is used in medicine to treat parts of the body that are swollen and painful.
- 7. A clear liquid that transports useful substances around the body, and carries waste matter, such as unwanted bacteria, away from body tissue in order to prevent infection.
- 8. A state in which someone does not feel pain, usually because of drugs they have been given.
- 11. A substance that your body produces when you are angry, excited, or frightened that makes your heart beat faster.
- 13. Relating to the production of medicines.
- 14. Continuing for a long time(especially of a disease or something bad) .
- 15. A person, usually a woman, who is trained to help women when they are giving birth.
Down
- 1. A stick with a handle and a part that fits around your lower arm, or a stick with piece that fits under the arm, that you lean on for support if you have difficulty in walking because of a foot or leg injury.
- 2. A medical condition that makes breathing difficult by causing the air passages to become narrow or blocked.
- 3. A bitter liquid made and stored in the body that helps to digest fat.
- 5. An injury to part of your body that is caused by using it too much.
- 6. The long tube that carries solid waste from the stomach out of the body.
- 9. A condition which makes someone unable to empty their bowels as often as they should.
- 10. A large flow of blood from a damaged blood vessel (= a tube carrying blood around the body.
- 12. Relating to ischemia (= a medical problem in which there is not enough blood flowing to a part of the body).