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Chapter 6
Chapter 6 The Heart medical terms
Term | Definition |
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Analgesia | Inability to feel pain |
Anemia | Lack of blood |
Anesthesiologist | One who specializes in the study of removing feeling or sensation |
Angiogram | Radiographic picture of the vessels |
Bradycardia | Abnormally slow heartbeat |
Cardiorrhexis | Rupture of the heart |
Chondrodysplasia | Bad development of cartilage |
Cystorrhexis | Rupture of the urinary bladder |
Dactylogram | Fingerprint |
Dactylomegaly | Enlarged digits |
Defibrillation | Restoration by electric shock to regulate the heartbeat |
Embolism | Blockage of a vessel |
Embolus | Any foreign object or abnormal particle circulating in the blood (air bubble, blood clot) |
Esthesiometer | An instrument used for measuring feeling/sensation |
Hyperesthesia | Excessive sensitivity to pain, feeling |
Hypoesthesia | Absence of sensitivity to pain, feeling |
Hypoplasia | Underdevelopment |
Hysterorrhexis | ruptured uterus |
Lithotripsy | A procedure done to break up Kidney stones |
Macrocephalus | Abnormally large head |
Macrocheilo | Abnormally large lips |
Macrotia | Abnormally large ears |
Micrometer | Instrument used for measuring the diameter of something microscopic |
Neuromyelitis | Inflammation of the spinal cord (or bone marrow) and nerves |
Neurotripsy | Rubbing or crushing of the nerves |
Phlebitis | Inflammation of a vein |
Polyarthritis | Inflammation of multiple joints |
Polyuria | Excessive amounts of urine |
Syndactylism | A condition of two or more digits fused together as one |
Tachycardia | Abnormally rapid heartbeat |
Thrombosis | A blood clot blocking a heart vessel |
Thrombus | Circulating blood clot |