Across
- 2. a surgical operation in which a piece of the colon is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall.
- 3. persisting for a long time
- 5. chronic disease that affects the boyds ability to produce or respond to insulin
- 12. permanent tightening of the muscles, tendons, skin, and nearby tissues that cause the joints to shortern and becomes very stiff.
- 14. painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints
- 17. difficult or labored breathing
- 18. able to be transmitted from one person to another; contagious or infectious
- 19. accidental sucking in of food particles or fluids into the lungs
- 20. are defined as any biological or chemical substance that is dangerous to humans, animals or the environment
Down
- 1. health care professional who manages disorders of hearing, balance and other neural systems
- 3. the action or state of making or being made ditry
- 4. a condition in which the air sack of the lungs are damaged and enlarged causing breathlessness
- 6. training therapy that is used to treat urinary incontinence.
- 7. the process of significantly reducing the number of pathogenic agents
- 8. small single-celled organisms
- 9. a rare, inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain.
- 10. flexion in an upward direction
- 11. difficulty or painful swallowing
- 13. a frame that is installed at the foot of the bed to keep sheets/blankets off legs/feet
- 14. signs:difficutly breathing, agitation, rapid pulse
- 15. swelling caused by fluid in your body's tissue
- 16. paralysis of one side of the body
- 18. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease