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medical terminology chap 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aneurysm/o | a widening, a widen blood vessel |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artary |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| atri/o | atrium |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| cardi/o | heart |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | plug |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| my/o | muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera (white of eye) |
| sept/o | septum |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| sten/o | narrowing, stricture |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| sphyxia | pulse |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| endo | in, within |
| extra | outside |
| peri | around |
| tachy | rapid |
| trans | across |
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| AAA | abdominal aortic aneurysym |
| AF | aterial fibrillation |
| AS | aortic stenosis |
| ASD | aterial septal defect |
| ASHD | arteriosclerotic heart disease |
| AST | angiotension, arteriovenous |
| BBB | bundle branch block |
| BP | blood pressure |
| CA | cancer, chronological age, cardiac arrest |
| CAB | coranary artery disease |
| CC | cardiac catheterization |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| CCU | coronary care unit |
| CHD | coronary heart disease |
| Chol | cholesterol |
| CK | creatine kinase |
| CV | cardiovascular |
| DOE | dyspnea on exertion |
| DSA | digital subtraction angiography |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| ECG, EKG | electrocardiogram |