Across
- 3. diseases that can not be transmitted
- 6. the most common form of arthritis
- 7. substance that can cause an allergic reaction
- 8. a substance capable of causing
- 10. a drug that causes widening of the bronchi, e.g., any of those taken by inhalation for the alleviation of asthma.
- 14. blood pressure that is higher than normal
- 15. those that stay in their primary location without invading other sites of the body
- 16. a procedure used to open blocked coronary arteries caused by coronary artery disease.
- 18. a chemical found in some of the body's cells
- 20. illness persisting for a long time
- 21. called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes
- 22. a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body
- 23. a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
- 24. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans
- 25. passing on of physical or mental characteristics
- 26. painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
- 27. the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls
- 28. the thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries
- 29. A disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs changes for the worse over time
Down
- 1. Something that increases the chance of developing a disease
- 2. causes itchy welts that may be triggered by foods, medications or other substances
- 4. a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and ankles.
- 5. occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts
- 9. cells that grow uncontrollably and spread locally and/or to distant sites
- 11. disease that gets over time
- 12. a disease that affects your lungs.
- 13. health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy
- 14. a sudden and sometimes fatal occurrence of coronary thrombosis, typically resulting in the death of part of a heart muscle
- 17. a drug or other compound that inhibits the physiological effects of histamine, used especially in the treatment of allergies.
- 19. an impairment in the way the body regulates and uses sugar as fuel
- 20. structural or functional anomalies that occur during intrauterine life
- 28. hyper reaction to a substances