Across
- 3. a continuous pain in the head
- 4. an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken
- 5. an infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis
- 8. an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature
- 9. a person who is qualified to treat people who are ill
- 13. a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury
- 14. a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from hospital, especially in emergencies
- 15. a rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them, typically as felt in the wrists or neck
Down
- 1. an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment
- 2. the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal
- 6. the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury
- 7. lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs or only one
- 10. an unpleasant feeling of coldness in the atmosphere, one’s surroundings, or the body
- 11. a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury
- 12. a small disc or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug