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Competency 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bradycardia | Brady=slow cardio=heart ia=pertaining to Pertaining to a slow heart |
| Myocardium | my/o=muscle cardi/o=heart ium=structure,tissue heart muscle tissue |
| tachycardia | Tachy=fast Cardi/o-heart ia=pertaining to Pertaining to a fast heart rate |
| Dyspnea | dys=difficult,painful pnea=breathing Difficult, painful, or faulty breathing |
| Rhinorrhea | Rhin/o=nose rrhea=flow,discharge Discharge from the nose |
| Arthritis | arthr/o=joint itis=Inflamtion Joint inflamtion |
| Hyperglycemia | Hyper= above or excessive glyc/o= glucose,sugar emia=blood Too much sugar in the blood |
| Hypokalemia | Hypo= below or deficient Kal/i= potassium emia= blood Low blood potassium |
| Sublingual | Sub= below, under Lingua= tongue al= pertaing to Pertaining to under the tongue |
| Conjustivitis | Conjustiv/o=conjuctiva itis=inflamtion inflamaton of the conjuctiva |
| Otis | ot/o=ear itis= inflamation inflamtion of the ear |
| Subcutaneous | sub= below, under Cutane/o= skin Ous= Pertaining to Pertaing to below the skin |