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Medical Terminology
Unit 5 - Medical Dictionary Exercises
Question | Answer |
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angi/o | blood vessel, vessel |
aorto/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
ather/o (arthersclerosis) | plaque (fatty substance) |
brady- | slow |
cardi/o | heart |
centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-ectomy | removal - excision, resection |
embol/o | embolus |
endo | in; within |
-gram | record, imaging procedure, - x-ray film |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
itis | inflammation |
lysis | loosening, breadkown, seperation |
my/o | muscle |
-otomy | make an incision -cut into |
phleb/o | vein |
-rrhexix | rupture |
sclera/o | hardness |
sten/o | narrowed, constricted, blocked |
-tachy | fast |
thromb/o | blood clot, thrombus |
trans- | through; across; beyond |
ven/o | vein |
ventricle/o | ventricle |