Across
- 5. the thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries
- 8. A mass or lump of tissue that may resemble swelling
- 10. risk of disease
- 11. body cannot regulate blood sugar levels
- 12. when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted
- 14. disease that cannot be spread from person to person
- 15. result of a continuous process based on degenerative cell changes
- 16. surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery
- 18. common condition in which the long-term force of the blood against your artery walls
- 20. impairment in the way the body regulates and uses sugar
- 23. chemical created in the body that is released by white blood cells
- 25. decrease in or disappearance of signs and symptoms of cancer
Down
- 1. something that causes an allergy to act up
- 2. a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body
- 3. breakout of red bumps
- 4. a damaging immune response by the body to a substance
- 6. degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone
- 7. the fact of occurring again
- 9. progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints
- 13. therapy involving radiation
- 17. chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin
- 19. growth that is not cancerous
- 21. long-term disease of the lungs
- 22. Regulate blood sugar levels
- 24. Very infectious