Chronic Diseases and Disabilities

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. The distinctive form in which a thing is made (4)
  2. 6. An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement (8)
  3. 8. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  4. 10. A medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds (13)
  5. 12. The passages through which air enters and leaves the body (6)
  6. 13. Hypersensitivity reaction to a particular ___ (7)

Down

  1. 1. The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (5)
  2. 2. Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air (4)
  3. 3. A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms (7)
  4. 4. Glucose in the ___ (10)
  5. 7. Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun (7)
  6. 9. Hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas (7)
  7. 11. A dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be ___ in order to relieve nasal congestion (7)
  8. 13. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing (6)