Across
- 3. : blockage of blood flow to an organ
- 4. : study of the immune system
- 8. : enlargement of the liver and spleen
- 9. : inflammation of a vein caused by a clot
- 11. disease : disease caused by the body's immune system attacking the body's own healthy tissue
- 13. : excessive blood loss
- 14. : cancerous tumor of the bone marrow, when the tumors are present in several bones it is called multiple ".."
- 16. : reduction of red blood cells noticed by the patient as weakness and fatigue
- 19. : drug that stops the flow of blood
- 20. : incision into a vein, another name for drawing blood
- 21. : test to judge or separate the blood, used to determine the ratio of red blood cells to total blood volume
- 22. : formation of a blood clot
- 24. : formation of blood cells
Down
- 1. : cell that helps blood clot, also known as a platelet
- 2. : reduction of the activity of the body's immune system
- 5. : cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by the abnormal increase in white blood cells
- 6. : condition in which the blood doesn't clot, thus causing excessive bleeding
- 7. : infusion into a patient of blood from another source
- 10. : swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph, usually in the extremities
- 12. : drug that breaks down blood clots
- 15. : red blood cell
- 17. : protein that provides protection (immunity) against disease
- 18. : white blood cell
- 20. : specialist in drawing blood
- 23. : blockage in a blood vessel caused by an embolus