The Personal Health Word Search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A minute life form (plural) (5)
  2. 4. Slang for a mustache (10)
  3. 6. A dangerous or distressing predicament (8)
  4. 9. Things we wear, like shirts and pants (7)
  5. 12. The science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health (7)
  6. 13. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular (plural) (6)
  7. 15. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. A dentifrice in the form of a paste (10)
  2. 3. A medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the ___ (9)
  3. 5. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol (3)
  4. 7. The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something (4)
  5. 8. Used with water to wash (4)
  6. 10. The kind and number and arrangement of ___ in a person or animal (5)
  7. 11. Free from dirt (5)
  8. 13. Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes (5)
  9. 14. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (4)