| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| sclerosis | Abnormal hardening of body tissue |
| scleroses | Abnormal hardening of body tissue |
| scleroderma | A chronic hardening and contraction of the skin and connective tissue, either locally or throughout the body |
| edematose | abnormal retention of fluid in body tissue |
| edemata | abnormal retention of fluid in body tissue |
| edema | abnormal retention of fluid in body tissue |
| edemas | abnormal retention of fluid in body tissue |
| neoplasms | A new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of the body, esp. as a characteristic of cancer |
| tumours | A swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant |
