MED. ABBREV.
It's the R in MRSA a staph infection that is impervious to antibiotics
RESISTANT
After getting hit on the head with an acorn this character warns that The sky is falling
CHICKEN LITTLE
These variations in the level of the oceans have the most variation at the new moon
TIDES
Mecca has 5 different names in this holy book
THE QURAN
Dostoyevsky drew on his own experience in prison to write this 1866 masterpiece
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Those with arthritis appreciate NSAIDs the abbreviation for these drugs
NON-STEROID ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS
By 1964 he had more than 600 franchises of his Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants
COLONEL SANDERS
To provide immunity from smallpox in 1796 British physician Edward Jenner used cowpox to make the first of these which is why the word comes from the Latin for cow
VACCINE
Muslims are not required to visit Medina during this pilgrimage to Mecca but it often is a stop
THE HAJJ
THE QURAN
In Les Miserables he's imprisoned for 19 years after stealing a loaf of bread
(JEAN) VALJEAN
TPR stands for these 3 vital signs
TEMPERATURE PULSE AND RESPIRATION
A chicken's eggshell is primarily made of this compound CaCO3
CALCIUM CARBONATE
It seems to defy gravity when a liquid goes up tubes by means of this action
CAPILLARY ACTION
The port of Jeddah on this sea serves as an entry point for Mecca
THE RED SEA
The Father of Russian Literature this poet & dramatist was mortally wounded in a duel in 1837
PUSHKIN
Somatotropin is aka HGH short for this
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE
In 2001 Member of Parliament Robin Cook proclaimed this Indian-British chicken preparation to be a U.K. national dish
CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA
This potent greenhouse gas has the formula CH4
METHANE
Muslims believe the tomb of this man Moses' brother is on Mount Uhud near Medina
AARON
George & Lennie have dreams of living off the fat of the land in this Steinbeck tale
OF MICE AND MEN
Doctor slang can be confusing to patients like cabbage for CABG this operation done in case of atherosclerosis
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
A domesticated fowl of Southeast Asia may be the ancestor of this official state bird of Rhode Island
THE RED HEN
Crossword puzzle addicts know ase is a common ending for these catalyzing proteins produced by cells
ENZYMES
This fundamentalist branch of Sunni Islam that now controls Medina first took it in 1804
THE WAHHABIS
This scary Edgar Allan Poe story takes place at a spooky masked ball given by a prince
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH