Bacteria

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (8)
  2. 8. A medicine or therapy that ___ disease or relieve pain (4)
  3. 9. The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead (9)
  4. 11. Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness (8)
  5. 13. Being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in ___'s method (12)
  6. 14. A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some (plural) (6)
  7. 15. Causing or capable of causing harm (7)
  8. 16. Tiniest unit of living things (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. An illness that harms the body (7)
  2. 2. Any disease-producing agent (8)
  3. 3. To remove surgically (8)
  4. 4. Any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated (plural) (8)
  5. 6. A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure (plural) (11)
  6. 7. Care provided to improve a situation (plural) (10)
  7. 10. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  8. 12. The end of life (5)