Across
- 1. a cut made with a knife in surgery
- 2. a microorganism that causes disease
- 3. a liquid whose vapour acts as an anaesthetic and produces unconsciousness
- 5. a watery discharge or diarrhoea
- 7. a pharmacist of chemist
- 8. blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- 9. someone suffering from leprosy, an infection that causes damage to the nerves and skin
- 11. a sign of a liver disorder that results in the yellowing of the skin
- 13. a ball of indigestible material found in the goats stomach
- 14. the theory that germs cause disease, often by infection through the air
- 15. the painful swelling of joints
- 16. surgery using the modern techniques, including computers, new skills and new drugs
- 17. a severe infection causing frequent, fluid bowel movements
- 18. a place where the sick are treated, a hospital
- 20. the infection of dead tissue causing, in some case of gas gangrene, foul smelling gas
- 21. a group of drugs used to treat infections caused by bacteria eg. Penicillin
- 25. a powerful microscope that uses electrons rather than light to produce a magnified image
- 30. a collection of pus caused by an infection
- 31. an illness that is not serious
- 34. the temple of the Greek God of healing Asclepius
- 36. an old-fashioned term for any disease causing a high fever
- 37. the principles by which doctors work, for the best health of the patient and to do no harm, named after Hippocrates who wrote it
- 41. a hormone produced by the pancreas that controls the amount of sugar in the blood
- 42. the physical make-up of a person
- 44. a scientist who studies the make up of living things
- 50. something that is infected
- 52. an instrument to view the inside of the body
- 55. putting a low dose of a disease into the body to help it fight against a more serious attack of the disease
- 57. deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that genes are made of
- 58. the basic unit of life which makes up the bodies of plants, animals and humans
- 59. the formation of disease causing germs or microorganisms
- 61. the growth of microorganisms in a laboratory
- 63. the process of giving protection from disease through the body's own immune system
- 64. tough elastic tissue that holds joints of the body together
- 65. an old-fashioned work used for someone who is insane
Down
- 1. protection from disease through the body's own defences or immune system
- 3. tread-like structures in the nuclei of cells that contain genetic information
- 4. a tread used to tie a blood vessel during an operation
- 6. a medical term for bleeding
- 9. a blood-sucking worm used to drain blood from a wound.
- 10. using a hot iron to burn body tissue. This seals a wound and stops bleeding
- 12. the investigation of genes and how they can be used to change how the body works
- 17. s symptom of disease, frequent fluid bowel movements
- 19. the science of understanding the structure and make-up of the body
- 22. the treatment of a dead body to preserve it
- 23. the people controlling NHS health care in the regions
- 24. protected against a disease
- 26. tuberculosis which was observed as the wasting away of the body
- 27. a baby before it's born
- 28. waste material from the stomach and the digestive system
- 29. unpleasant smells from waste matter. Blamed for disease in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
- 31. chemicals used to destroy bacteria and prevent infection
- 32. a charm that the wearer believes gives protection from disease
- 33. belief that governments should not interfere in people's lives. It prevented public health schemes from developing in the nineteenth century
- 35. the passing of disease from one person to the other
- 38. surgery
- 39. a drug or drugs given to produce unconsciousness before and during surgery
- 40. referring to the blood vessels around the heart (coronary tuberculosis, a blood clot in the coronary artery)
- 43. the removal of a limb by surgery
- 45. the treatment of opening a vein or applying leeches to draw blood from the patient. Also means the loss of blood caused by damage to the blood vessels
- 46. difficulty clearing the bowels
- 47. a phrase used in the middle ages to describe bubonic plague
- 48. the cutting up and examining of a body
- 49. a place for collecting and storing sewage
- 51. the prevention of disease by stopping the growth of bacteria by the use of antiseptics
- 53. an old-fashioned term used to describe fluid collection in the body often used to account for death
- 54. a sexually transmitted disease that can be treated with antibiotics
- 56. the study of planets and how they might influence the lives of people
- 60. a non-alcoholic drink
- 62. part of the nucleus of a cell that determines how our bodies look and work. Genes are passed from parents to children