Pregwits 32

Across

1 The roof of the mouth

4 Infection of the body by pathogenic bacteria

6 Degeneration and death of tissue

8 Women or mothers who traditionally help other women to deliver their babies

11 A prefix meaning ‘inside’ or ‘within’

12 Means white and is the regressed form of the corpus luteum.

13 A condition characterized by a double uterus

17 A developmental anomaly with absence of the limbs

18 The dilated end of a canal

19 Ridges or creases of the mucosa of the stomach

Down

1 The projecting part of the ear lying outside the head

2 The discharges from the uterus following childbirth or abortion consisting of blood from the placental site

3 The blocking of a blood vessel by a solid or foreign substance introduced into the circulation

4 Abnormal curvature of the spine

5 The large flat triangular bone forming the shoulder blade

7 Loss of consciousness due to diminished cerebral blood flow

9 a malformed fetus or infant

10 the organ which produces ova or spermatozoa

14 The end of pregnancy

15 The atmosphere surrounding the earth

16 A mass of cells or fibres uniting to perform a particular function in the body

17 A wing

Answers in the next edition of Pregnant magazine

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