Yellow Module Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
aneurysm/o vascul/o | aneurysm (widened blood vessel) |
anthrac/o | coal dust |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
atel/o | incomplete,imperfect |
ather/o | fatty plaque |
bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchus (plural, bronchi) |
cardi/o coron/o | heart |
coni/o | dust |
cyan/o | blue |
electr/o | electricity |
emphys/o | to inflate |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
hem/o | blood |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
isch/o | to hold back, block |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
lob/o | lobe |
my/o | muscle |
nas/o rhin/o | nose |
ox/i ox/o | oxygen |
pector/o steth/o thorac/o | chest |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
phleb/o ven/o | vein |
phren/o | diaphragm |
pleur/o | pleura |
pneum/o pneumon/o | air, lung |
pulmon/o | lung |
py/o | pus |
scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of the eyes) |
sept/o | septum |
sphygm/o | pulse |
spir/o | breathe |
therm/o | heat |
thromb/o | blood clot |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
valv/o valvul/o | valve |
vas/o | vessel, duct |
a- an- | without, not |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
en- endo- | in, within |
eu- | good, normal |
extra- | outside |
hyper- | excessive, above normal |
peri- | around |
tachy- | rapid |
trans- | across, through |
-al -ar -ary -tic | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-capnia | carbon dioxide (CO2) |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-clysis | irrigation, washing |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-gram | record, writing |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-osis | abnormal condition, increase |
-oxia | oxygen |
-pathy | disease |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-stasis | standing still |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-thorax | chest |
-tomy | incision |
ABG | arterial blood gas(es) |
AS | aortic stenosis |
AV | atrioventricular, arteriovenous |
BP, B/P | blood pressure |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CAD | coronary artery disease |
CC | cardiac catheterization |
CCU | coronary care unit |
CHD | coronary heart disease |
CHF | congestive heart failure |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary diease |
CT | computed tomography |
CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
CVD | cardiovascular disease |
CXR | chest x-ray, chest radiograph |
DOE | dyspnea on exertion |
DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
ECG, EKG | electrocardiogram, electrocardiography |
ECHO | echocardiogram, echocardiography, echoencephalogram, echoencephalography |
ETT | exercise tolerance test |
FVC | forced vital capacity |
Hb, Hbg | hemoglobin |
HDL | high density lipoprotein |
HF | heart failure |
HTN | hypertension |
ICD | implantable cardioverter-defibrillator |
ICU | intensive care unit |
IV | intervenous |
L/min | litres per minute |
MI | myocardial infarction |
mm Hg | millimeters of mercury |
MS | mitral stenosis |
MUGA scan | multiple-gated acquisition scan |
MVP | mitral valve prolapse |
RDS | respiratory distress syndrome |
SIDS | sudden infant death syndrome |
TIA | transient ischemic attack |
TPR | temperature, pulse, respirations |
URI | upper respiratory infection |
VSD | ventricle septal defect |
VT | ventricular tachycardia |
Created by:
Barbara Ross
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