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Cardiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cardio/o | heart |
| Phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| Aort/o | aorta |
| Coron/o | crown |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Ven/o | veins |
| Thromb/o | blood clot |
| arteri/o | artery |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| ather/o | pasty deposit |
| -emia | blood |
| tachy- | rapid |
| aneurysm/o | a sac formed in the wall |
| valv/o | valve |
| capill/o | capillaries or hair |
| angi/o | blood or lymphy vessels |
| brady- | slow |
| erythro/o | red |
| thromb/o | clot |
| plasm/a, plasm/o | something molded or formed |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| stroke | A stroke or "brain attack" occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery |
| arteriosclerosis | The thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, occurring typically in old age |
| aneurysm | An excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall |
| coronary artery disease | narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart |
| heart attack | damage to an area of heart muscle that is deprived of oxygen, usually due to blockage of a diseased coronary artery |
| congestive heart failure | A weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues |
| anemia, hemophilia, and leukemia | problem with blood cells |