Crossword Challenge

Across

1 Depletes

5 Antibiotic produced by hay bacillis

9 Blood protein

10 Change, e.g., as a diagnosis designation

11 ________ health, e.g., fertility

13 Pops up sometimes in those with a penicillin allergy

14 Sulfur-containing diuretic

17 Common maladies for young children

18 Pure, as a liquid

20 Vocal range higher than alto

24 Absolute

25 The “A” in AIDS

26 Bacterium that doesn't need oxygen

27 Common place for a stye

Down

2 Polio vaccine inventor

3 When it affects the scalp, it causes dandruff

4 Small clumps of cells that form on the lining of the colon

5 Alprazolam, diazepam, lorazepam, or clonazepam, for short

6 Anti-inflammatory compound found in turmeric

7 Lawful, as in a drug

8 Person

12 Anticonvulsant sometimes used to treat chronic pain

15 Opaque sunscreen ingredient

16 Clinical trial that evaluates efficacy in the drug approval process

19 Language also known as Euskara

21 Democratic Republic of the Congo

22 Viruses that infect and replicate only in bacterial cells

23 Abominable Snowman, e.g.