| DIABETES | Disorder of the metabolism (8) |
| ALCAPTON | An acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine. |
| EPILEPSY | Disorder of the centralA nervousA system (8) |
| INSANITY | Relatively permanent disorder of the mind (8) |
| DELIRIUM | Name a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, etc (8) |
| SYNDROME | Disorder of the wrist and hand caused by pressure on a nerve (6,6,8) |
| BIOTIN | Vitamin of the B complex (originally called vitamin H) involved in the metabolism of fats; abundant in foods such as yeast, liver and egg yolk (6) |
| GLUCOSE | Most abundant of the monosaccharide sugars, produced in animals by the metabolism of carbohydrates (7) |
| VERTIGO | A sensation of dizziness resulting from a disorder of the sense of balance (7) |
| APHASIA | Disorder of the central nervous system characterised by partial or total loss of the ability to communicate |
| CHIROPODY | Field of health care devoted to the study and treatment of disorders of the foot |
| NEUROLOGY | Branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system (9) |
| TAURINE | Sulphur- containing amino acid important in the metabolism of fats, first discovered in ox bile in 1827 (7) |
| THYROID | Gland involved in regulating growth and the metabolism |
| DEMENTIA | Disorder of mental processes caused by brain disease (8) |
| PELLAGRA | Disorder of all grape juice (8) |
| CARPALTUNNEL | Disorder of the wrist and hand caused by pressure on a nerve (6,6,8) |
| RHEUMATISM | What word for any painful disorder of the joints or muscles has been in use since the 17th century? (10) |
| CHIROPRACTOR | Person who does manipulative treatment of mechanical disorders of the joints, especially the spine (12) |
| ILEAC | Alice's disorder of the bowel (5) |
