ASH News Daily - Saturday, December 10, 2011 - (Page A-6)

Page A–6 ® Hematology Crossword Puzzle — created By david SteenSMa, Md — Across ACROSS 1. Thick lump or mass that forms when cream solidifies (tastily, in Devonshire) or when liquid blood gels (catastrophically, inside a blood vessel); in British English, a stupid person 5. Products of fire, combustion, incineration 8. Medical students are often taught to write daily progress notes for hospitalized patients using this “fatty-acid” format 11. Range topped by Mont Blanc 12. Biological orifices; also the harbor city that was the “mouth” to Ancient Rome 13. Histologic stain important for diagnosing erythroleukemia [acronym] 14. An unruly Florida student at a 2007 John Kerry speech shouted to a security guard, “Don’t ____ me, bro!” — electrifyingly, he did not get his wish 15. Without safety equipment, football (soccer) players would often have hematomas here 16. Internet acronym similar to L.O.L.; also, an alternative name for a major pituitary hormone that increases post-menopause 17. Unfortunate event resulting when 1-Across fills a coronary artery [acronym] 19. American research university that celebrated its 150th anniversary this year; home of the Smoot and the lucky George Eastman plaque [acronym] 20. Enterococcus species resistant to this >50 year-old antibiotic are a growing public health problem, and also make a lot of extra work for hospital laundries 25. Switzerland’s Internet countrycode top level domain 27. Organic compound resulting from oxidation of ammonia, often called carbamide (especially in Europe) 28. Charged particles fired by common sci-fi beam weapons, e.g. the cannons used by the Rebel Alliance on Hoth to harry Imperial Star Destroyers in “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” 30. ICAO code for Mesa Airlines of Arizona, and the name of a village in Surrey, England, between Guildford and Aldershot 32. Noun paired with 2-Down in a popular Steven Kellogg children’s book 34. Frequency of the December ASH Meeting 35. SI unit of time, equal to 10-18 of a second, 1/24 of the atomic unit, and the time it takes light to travel the length of 3 hydrogen atoms [abbrev.] 37. U.S. Federal Insurance program for disabled persons — a common payroll deduction [acronym] 39. Colloquial term for acceleration forces experienced by test pilots and stunt drivers 40. Tiny division of a lobe 43. RNA retrovirus of hematologic importance common in Okinawa, 1. Thick lump or mass that forms when cream solidifies (tastily, in Devonshire) or when liquid blood gels (catastrophically, inside a blood vessel); in British English, a stupid person 5. Products of fire, combustion, incineration Iran, and Jamaica [acronym] 46. Non-specific test value that increases as a result of reduced RBC zeta potential [acronym] 47. Route of administration of poison to Prince Hamlet’s royal father, by villainous Uncle Claudius 48. Hans Blix, who famously failed to find WMDs in Iraq, was head of this agency for 16 years [acronym] 50. A long-standing gap in Mendeleev’s periodic table was filled when this element was produced artificially in 1937 [symbol] 8. Medical students are often taught to write daily progress notes for hospitalized patients using this "fatty-acid" format 11. Range topped by Mont Blanc 51. If you see someone collapse today in an exciting Scientific Session, a prompt thump to this bodily region could be lifesaving 55. mRNA codon for leucine 56. The average RBC diameter is 7 thousands of this unit [abbrev.] 12. Biological orifices; also the harbor city that was the "mouth" to Ancient Rome 13. Histologic stain important for diagnosing erythroleukemia [acronym] 57. Popular diet soda in the 1970s that contained saccharin (recently found not to be carcinogenic, despite long-standing fears resulting from flawed rodent experiments) 58. Procedure useful for evaluating obstructive jaundice [acronym] 62. Scarlett O’Hara’s Georgia plantation, named after an ancient sacred hill in County Meath, Ireland 64. The first man on Fiji and Tonga, according to Samoan mythology 65. Type of mid-calf length warm weather trousers 14. An unruly Florida student at a 2007 John Kerry speech shouted to a security guard, "Dont ____ me, bro!"-electrifyingly, he did not get his wish 15. Without safety equipment, football (soccer) players would often have hematomas here an alternative name for a major pituitary hormone that increases post-menopause 66. Sadly, one of the major obstacles to scientific cooperation and progress 67. Color gradations 68. Vessel supplying most of the small bowel and the pancreas; unprovoked thrombosis here should trigger a hypercoagulability evaluation [acronym] 69. Nickname for many universities and for underappreciated lab workers 17. Unfortunate event resulting when 1Across fills a coronary artery [acronym] 67 ASH NEWS DAILY 1 2 3 4 11 14 17 20 21 27 30 31 35 36 40 41 47 50 55 57 64 65 68 58 59 60 61 62 66 69 Look for the solution in Sunday’s issue. ing plant in the lilac and olive family — means “spear” in Latin; the Old English word for this type of tree also meant “spear” DOWN 1. Godfrey Hounsfield shared a 1979 Nobel Prize for developing this imaging technique [acronym] 2. South American camelid notable for its thin, flat, elliptical erythrocytes 16. Internet acronym similar to L.O.L.; also, 3. Receptor found in retinal cells that converts photons of light into a chemical signal 4. Repeated syllable in the name of an African biting fly that is a vector for trypanosomiasis 5. Pulverized rock and glass spewed by an erupting volcano; when Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull flung tons of it skyward in 2010, air travel all over Europe was disrupted 6. With “571,” the original name of imatinib — and an acronym for its mechanism of action 7. Sanskrit-derived language spoken by more than 250 million people in India 8. A class of mutation found in CLL and exceptionally common in myelodysplasia with ring sideroblasts 9. Kiln used to dry hops for brewing; the urine of patients with methionine malabsorption syndrome has a similar odor 10. Fraxinus – the genus of this flower- 19. American research university that celebrated its 150th anniversary this year; home of the Smoot and the lucky George Eastman plaque [acronym] 20. Enterococcus species resistant to this >50 year-old antibiotic are a growing public health problem, and 18. Helminth 21. Deficiency of this element can result in sideroblastic anemia, leukopenia, and neuropathy [symbol] 22. With culpa, a formal way of saying, “my bad” also make a lot of extra work for hospital laundries 12. Mac v10.7 is known as Lion, 10.6 was Snow Leopard, 10.5 just plain Leopard 25. Switzerland's Internet country-code top level domain the end, the ‘67 Montreal World’s Fair where this puzzle author’s parents met 44. Official language of a mostly-rural nation sandwiched between Thailand and Vietnam 27. Organic compound resulting from oxidation of ammonia, often called carbamide (especially in Europe) 23. Candied sweet potatoes that make an appearance at many American Thanksgiving dinners 24. Major North American professional sports league that started the 2011 season in a lockout 26. Physician who codescribed hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, polycythemia vera, and the platelet 45. In contrast to secondary erythrocytosis, JAK2-mutant polycythemia is said to be of this type 30. ICAO code for Mesa Airlines of Arizona, and the name of a village in Surrey, England, between Guildford and Aldershot 49. Web browsers have pop-up blockers to decrease this type of unsolicited annoyance, the devilish spawn of Mad Men and their ilk 32. Noun paired with 2-Down in a popular Steven Kellogg children's book 29. Low serum levels of this element can lead to cerebral edema [symbol] 30. What an Institutional Review Board may finally do to a clinical trial, often after much bureaucratic deliberation and numerous queries of varying relevance 28. Charged particles fired by a common scifi beam weapons, e.g. the cannons used by the Rebel Alliance on Hoth to harry Imperial Star Destroyers in Star Wars Episode V: The Emperor Strikes Back 52. Giant South American flightless birds 53. Representation generated by a camera, eye, or PET scanner 34. Frequency of the December ASH Meeting 54. Rocket company that was the forerunner to SpaceDev, the firm behind the first manned private spaceflight in 2004 57. Microtubulestabilizing protein defective in Alzeheimer dementia, resulting in amyloid accumulation 59. Before CDs, DVDs, or iPods, phonograph records once spun at 33 1/3, 45, or 78 [acronym] 35. SI unit of time, equal to 10^-18 of a second, 1/24 of the atomic unit, and the time it takes light to travel the length of 3 hydrogen atoms 31. To develop a tolerance 33. In a 1990s comic book series, the superhero alter ego of fictional firefighter Ashley Quinn 36. Female demon said to seduce sleeping men in their dreams; in Zoharistic Kabbalah, Adam’s headstrong first wife Lilith is said to have become one after leaving Eden 38. Comparison treatment for metastatic melanoma in a recent ipilimumab registration trial 41. Acronym for the stadium where Manchester United play football, and for the 5th period of American football games tied at the end of regulation 42. The day when shelf life of a drug or food ends [abbrev.]; with an -o on 60. Professional designation granted in the United States to university graduates with 3 years of work experience who pass an exam showing they are capable of administering a sponsored research program [acronym] 61. Irrational mathematical constant that is a frequent obsession of mnemonists; the 1897 Indiana General Assembly seriously considered legislation defining it arbitrarily as 3.2, to save calculating time 62. Family of 5-methylcytosine hydroxylating enzymes frequently mutated in myeloid neoplasms 63. The world’s largest hematology organization (see also 5-Across, 30-Across, 10-Down, and 33-Down) 51 52 42 32 37 43 48 33 38 44 45 49 53 54 56 63 34 39 46 18 22 23 24 12 15 19 25 28 29 26 5 6 7 Saturday, December 10, 2011 8 9 10 13 16

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