MEDICAL TERMS

2. an agent used to burn, sear, or destroy tissue
4. the administration of antigenic material to stimulate an individuals immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen
7. someone who is qualified or registered to practice a particular occupation
9. Inserting needles through the skin at specific points to relieve pain
11. given to a patient to make them lose sensation with or without loss of consciousness
12. an association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal.
13. a special instrument for cutting out circular sections of bone or corneal tissue
15. a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded

1. an anticoagulant extracted from the buccal glands of the medicinal leech
3. to deliver liquid substances directly into a vein
5. one who prepares and sells drugs for medicinal purposes
6. a disease likely to be transmitted from one person to another
8. a disease occurring over a wide area and affecting an exceptionally high numbers of the population
10. the action or process of a liquid, especially blood, changing to a solid or semi-solid state.
14. a unit of ionizing radiation
16. the treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision