Medical Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a specialty concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system
  2. 4. referring to medical care which does not provide a cure for a disease, but reduces its severity or slows its progress
  3. 5. to use something
  4. 7. a device to correct abnormal heart rate by means of electric shocks
  5. 8. a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
  6. 11. the process of generating a two-dimensional image of a section of a three-dimensional object
  7. 12. a blood vessel that carries depleted blood back to the heart
Down
  1. 1. the past and present of a patient, which may contain important information on their health
  2. 3. an X-ray of the breast taken in order to help a professional decide whether a lump in the breast is a gland, a cyst or a tumor
  3. 6. a thin tube inserted into a patient’s body in order to remove a liquid, e.g. urine
  4. 9. a test performed to detect if microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi are present in the circulatory system
  5. 10. an instrument with two long narrow parts for holding things during medical operations