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Med Term Rice Ch8 CF
Medical Terminology Jane Rice Chapter 9 CF
Term | Definition |
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ang/i | vessel |
angi/o | vessel |
angin/o | to choke |
arter/i | artery |
ather/o | fatty substance, porridge |
atri/o | atrium |
auscultat/o | listen to |
card/i | heart |
cardi/o | heart |
chol/e | bile |
circulat/o | circular |
cyan | dark blue |
dilat/o | to widen |
embol/o | a throwing in |
glyc/o | sweet, sugar |
hem/o | blood |
infarct/o | infarct (necrosis of an area) |
isch/o | to hold back |
mitr/o | mitral valve |
occlus/o | to close up |
ox/i | oxygen |
palpit/o | throbbing |
pector/o | chest |
phleb/o | vein |
pulmonar/o | lung |
rrhythm/o | rhythm |
sept/o | a partition, septum |
sphygm/o | pulse |
sten/o | narrowing |
steth/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot of blood |
valvul/o | valve |
vas/o | vessel |
vascul/o | small vessel |
ven/i | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle |