LINGUAPRESS PUZZLE ZONE Advanced level EFL resources: word games and crosswords

Themed vocabulary - MEDICAL crossword A thematic crossword for students of English as a foreign language, or English as a second language. Most of the answers to the crossword have something to do with the world of medicine and hospitals. CLUES ACROSS 1.    A rigid structure enclosing your heart, lungs etc. 3.    This sometimes means medicine, but not always. 6.    A fluid that is contained in blood. 7.    To contaminate. 11.    A place where people with serious medical problems are treated. 13.    Man or woman who cuts people open. 14. Powerful form of medicine; penicillin is one. 16. To close a cut or a wound with a needle and cotton. 17. Man or woman whose job is to care for the sick. CLUES DOWN 2.    The elements of a skeleton. 3.    People qualified to practise medicine. 4.    If you're sick, you want to .......... better. 5.    Vehicles for transporting sick or injured people. 8.    Surgical act carried out in a "theatre". 9.    Portable structure for carrying the sick or the injured. 10.    Protected against a disease or a virus. 12.    Person who is undergoing treatment. 14.    A very dangerous modern illness. 15.    An irritation, to irritate. Copyright notice. This document is copyright © Linguapress 1998 - 2009. Teachers may reproduce this document solely for use with their classes. In schools declaring the source of copied materials to a national copyright agency, Linguapress advanced level crosswords and resources should be attributed to "Spectrum" as the source and "Linguapresss France" as the publisher. Multicopiage en France: en cas de déclaration CFEDC par l'établissement, document à attribuer à "Spectrum", éditeur "Linguapress". Click here for the solution (but do the puzzle first!)