Across
- 2. A surgical procedure that partially or completely removes the spleen.
- 6. Someone whose immune system has been compromised by disease.
- 7. Any disease process affecting a lymph node or nodes.
- 9. Anyone of a large group of carcinomas derived from glandular tissue.
- 10. Immature red blood cells.
- 14. A procedure to remove a piece of tissue or a sample of cells from your body so that it can be analyzed in a laboratory.
- 15. Development of red and white blood cells.
Down
- 1. Process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles.
- 3. A tumor originating from the epithelial cells of the thymus.
- 4. An endoscopic technique of visualizing the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
- 5. Any disorder in which there is an abnormally low amount of platelets.
- 8. The destruction of red blood cells.
- 11. A type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer cells.
- 12. Type of cancer that starts in the bone marrow.
- 13. An imaging method that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce relatively precise images of structures within your body.