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Across 3. Cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover body organs 6. The removal of a sample of tissue for examination under a microscope to check for cancer cells or other abnormalities 7. Serious brain function abnormalities experienced by some patients with advanced liver disease 9. Inflammation of the stomach lining 11. Scarring of the liver as a result of continuous, long-term liver damage 13. The term alcoholic is generally defined as someone who is ________ to alcohol 15. An observable swelling in certain parts of the body 16. __________'s encephalopathy inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism 17. An abnormal accumulation of fluid within the abdomen 18. People with ___________’s syndrome develop brain damage in important small areas in the mid part of the brain resulting in severe short-term memory loss especially memories of events which have occurred since the onset of the disorder.

Down 1. A fiber optic tube that is used to directly visualize the inside of body cavities 2. A pear-shaped organ located below the liver that stores the bile secreted by the liver 4. Portal ___________ is high pressure in the portal system 5. The liver is considered part of this bodily system 8. Yellowing of the skin 10. A drug that causes the body to excrete sodium (salt). 12. A general term for inflammation of the liver 14. yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder and passes through the common bile duct into the duodenum where it helps digest fat