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7-8 abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty subsatance, plaque |
| atri/o | atrium |
| brady- | slow |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| isch/o | suppress, restrain |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| palpit/o | flutter,throbbing |
| phleb/o | vein |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| -stenosis | narrowed, constricted |
| tachy- | fast |
| vas/o | vessel,vas deferens |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of the heart or brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o or hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| sangu/i or sanguin/o | blood |
| thromb/o | clot, thrombus |
| ABO | blood group |
| BMB | bone marrow biopsy |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| RBC | red blood cell, red blood cell count |
| Rh | rhesus blood factor |
| AED | automated external defibrillator |
| AF,Afib | artrial fibrillation |
| AMI | acute myocardial infarction |
| ASHD | arterosclerotic heart disease |
| BBB | bunble branch block |
| BCLS | basic cardiac life support |
| BP | blood pressure |
| bpm | beats per minute |
| CHF | congestive heart faliure |
| CO | cardiac output |
| CP | chest pain, cardiopulmonary |
| CPR | cardiopulonary resuscitation |
| DNR | do not resuscitate |
| ECH,EKG | electrocardiogram |
| HR | heart rate |
| HTN | hypertension |
| IV | intravenus, intraventicular |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| P | pulse |
| VF, Vfib, vent fib | ventricular fibrillation |