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Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Root Words
Term | Definition |
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Algesia | Sense of pain |
Angi/o | Vessel |
Arteri/o | Artery |
Cardiac Arrest | Stopped heart |
Dactyl/o | Fingers |
Defibrillation | Heart shocked to regular heartbeat |
Embolism | Obstruction of a blood vessel |
Embolus | Foreign particle in the bloodstream |
Esthesia | Feeling, sensation |
Fibrillation | Very fast, irregular heartbeat |
Myel/o | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
Phas/o | Speech |
Phleb/o | Vein |
Thrombosis | Blood clot occluding (stopping or closing up) a vessel |
Thrombus | A blood clot |