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1010medterm
chap 10
Question | Answer |
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-ac | pertaining to |
-apheresis | removal |
-graph | instrument usd to record; record |
-odynia | pain |
-penia | abnormal reduction in number |
-poiesis | formation |
-sclerosis | hardening |
brady- | slow |
acute coronary syndrome(ACS) | sudden symptoms of insuffient blood supply to the heart indicating unstabe angina or myocardial infarction. |
aneurysm | ballooning of a weekend portion of an arterial wall |
angina pectoria | chest pain :may radiate to the left arm and jaw |
arrhythmia | any disturbance or abnormallylity in the hearts normal rhythmic pattern |
atrial fibrillation(AFib) | a cardiaca arrhythmia characterized by chaortic, rapid electrial impulses in the atria. |
2types a AFib | 1. paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(PAF)-intermittent 2.chronic atrial fibrillation-sustained |
cardiac arrest | sudden cessation of cardiac output and effective circulation. *cpr |
coarctaton o the aorta | congenita cardiac condition characterized by a narrowing o aorta. |