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med term
Term | Definition |
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anemia | lower than normal number of red blood cells in blood |
anoxia | absence of oxygen from the bodies tissues and organs |
apnea | lack of breathing |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriorgram | x-ray of the artery |
BP | blood pressure |
brady | slow |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CBC | complete blood count |
CF | cystic fybrosis |
CHR | congestive heart failure |
CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
dyspnea | difficult/labored breathing. shortness of breath. |
electrocardiogram | a record of the electrical activity of the myocardium |
emia | blood condition |
endocarditis | inflammation of the inner layer of the heart |
epistaxis | bleeding from the nose caused by injury, excessive use of blood thinners |
erythr/o | red |
erythremia | abnormal increase in the number of blood cells |
Hct | hematocrit |
hemat/o | relating to the blood |
hemolysis | destruction or breakdown of red blood cells |