Anemia the epidemic

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
a e i a
A deficiency of red blood cells
2.
a p s t i
3.
h e m o g l o
A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
4.
t h a l s m i
5.
t r e a n t
Care provided to improve a situation
6.
i o d e f c e n y
7.
r b l o c e l l s
A mature ___ ___ that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues (plural)
8.
s l e c e l l
9.
a n t i o e s
Any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to (plural)
10.
p s m a
A fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion
11.
o y g e
Gas in the air that we need to breathe
12.
i m n e
A person who is ___ to a particular infection
13.
b e m a r r o
The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of ___
14.
c o m p i c a o n
The act or process of ___ (plural)
15.
p r n s i s
16.
l e m i a
Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues
17.
s u p m e t s