WORD SEARCH CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE

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Find the 28 medical terms and expressions hidden in the letters below; 14 read across and 14 read down. The first word has been found for you as an example. The clues listed beneath will help you to find all of the words.

1	Number of years that a person has lived
2	Substance which produces hypersensitivity
3	Lack of tone or tension in the muscles
4	Decubitus ulcer
5	Small hospital or department in a large hospital which deals only with walking patients or which specialises in the treatment of certain conditions
6	Hormone secreted in small quantities by the adrenal cortex
7	To make pain or worry less
8	Referring to any disease which is very common in certain places
9	Condition where an organ bulges through a hole or weakness in the wall which surrounds it
10	Person or animal on which a parasite lives
11	Protected against an infection or allergic disease
12	Chemical element essential to the body, found in liver, eggs, etc.
13	Large gland in the upper part of the abdomen
14	Speech defect where the patient has difficulty in pronouncing 's' sounds and replaces them with 'th'
15	Doctor who takes the place of another doctor for a time
16	Referring to the nose
17	One of the two passages in the nose through which air is breathed in or out
18	Gland which lies across the back of the body between kidneys
19	Doctor who examines dead bodies to find out the cause of death
20	Mass of small spots which stays on the skin for a period of time, and then disappears
21	Light wall, sometimes with a curtain, which can be moved about and put round a bed to shield the patient
22	Piece of glass, on which a tissue sample is placed, to be examined under a microscope
23	Small round mark or pimple
24	To swallow a medicine
25	To remove or drain liquid from part of the body
26	Muscle formed of three parts, which are joined to form one tendon
27	Not dry
28	Uterus

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