Crossword Challenge

Across

    7   Microorganisms that can cause disease

    8   Injury that can be caused by an I.V. line

  10   Kind of cooking oil

  11   Brand name of amygdalin

  12   _______ implants can improve hearing for some patients

  13   Common allergic reaction to penicillin

  15   This is necessary to practice pharmacy

  17   Flabby, like a muscle

  20   Memory loss can be an early _______ of dementia

  22   Often used to treat conjuntivitis

  25   Immunity developed from a vaccine or exposure to a disease

  26   With 27 across and 9 down, subject of this month’s cover story

  27   See 26 across

  28   Organ that controls all bodily function

Down

    1   Cephalosporin antibiotic usually given by injection

    2   Blended beverage that contains fruit

    3   Bacterial infection that can cause severe dehydration...and death

    4   Brainy, intellectual

    5   Can help prevent scurvy

    6   Small solid round masses of medicine that you swallow without chewing

    9   See 26 across

  14   Cofactor necessary for serotonin synthesis

  16   Group of symptoms that occur together and suggest the presence of a certain disease 

  18   The “C” in CAD

  19   Fibrous connective tissues that attach muscle to bone

  21   Common prebiotic

  23   Ova

  24   Mock or ridicule, with “at”

Solution is available online at pharmacytoday.org.