Across
- 3. 19
- 6. A disease that occurs when abnormal cells multiply out of control
- 9. 1
- 11. attack 8
- 13. 17
- 14. 3
- 16. Disorders 13
- 17. 4
- 19. A protein that is made in the pancreas that regulates the level of glucose in the blood
- 20. A disease that prevents the body from converting food into energy
- 21. communicable A disease that cannot be spread from person to person
- 22. 24
- 24. A disease of the joints marked by painful swelling and stiffness
Down
- 1. The removal of a sample of tissue from a person for examination
- 2. 20
- 4. 25
- 5. A group of abnormal cells that forms a mass
- 7. Factors Characteristics or behaviors that increase the likelihood of developing a medical disorder or disease
- 8. Not cancerous
- 10. 10
- 12. 5
- 15. Therapy A treatment that uses X rays or other forms of radiation to kill cancer cells
- 18. 14
- 23. diseases Diseases that are present either continuously or off and on over a long time