Diseases

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Tiniest unit of living things (plural) (5)
  2. 5. A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some (plural) (6)
  3. 7. Pertaining to ___ (11)
  4. 9. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash (7)
  5. 11. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease (3)
  6. 12. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (4)
  7. 13. An illness that harms the body (7)

Down

  1. 1. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness (4)
  2. 2. A small apparently simple structure from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism (plural) (5)
  3. 3. Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness (8)
  4. 6. Any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to (plural) (10)
  5. 8. Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma with congestion caused (9)
  6. 9. Protective secretion of the mucous membranes (5)
  7. 10. The tenth month of the Hindu calendar (3)