Across
- 2. The rhythmic dilation of an artery that results from beating of the heart
- 4. relating to the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
- 5. biological pathogen that causes a disease
- 6. relating to the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood
- 7. the number of breaths a person takes per minute
- 10. microorganism that causes, or can cause, disease
- 11. a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
- 13. a physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient.
- 14. A gelatinous material derived from algae, specifically used as a culture medium of bacteria and other cells for diagnostic or laboratory experiments purposes.
- 15. submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism
- 16. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object
- 18. the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
- 19. an educated guess you make before doing an experiment.
Down
- 1. a medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases
- 3. a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
- 8. any of a group of spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools
- 9. the standard to which comparisons are made in an experiment
- 12. a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
- 17. an expert in or student of microbiology
- 18. facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.