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7-8 abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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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 |